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...maverick ways. NOBODY'S MAN BUT YOURS his billboards proclaim. But that is just the problem, retorts his rival, four-term Democratic Congressman Toby Moffett: "Nobody's man is part of nobody's plan." Weicker is so independent, suggests Moffett, that he is a political hermit devoid of effectiveness...
Even worse were the hours spent following Presidents Carter and Reagan to functions devoid of news value, just in case something catastrophic might happen. Says Woodruff: "The practice is sometimes referred to ghoulishly as 'the death watch.' " When a crisis actually erupted, Woodruff was sometimes turned into a sort of impromptu anchor, transmitting information from other NBC reporters rather than going after it. Although she was an eyewitness to the attempted assassination of President Reagan, once she had scrambled back to the White House she spent most of the rest of the afternoon rooted to one spot, facing...
...meeting with Governor Reagan in 1972 left me with a favorable impression. I had never before met a person who, if he was not knowledgeable on a subject, said so explicitly, without hiding behind phrases devoid of content. President Reagan should maintain this habit and oblige his fellow leaders to be precise and concrete...
QUITE A LOT of President Bok's recently released report on federal financial aid could be mistaken for one of his frequent open letters. Thirty pages are a leisurely and articulate analysts of a complex issue, devoid of the concrete proposals that could spell alarm or comprehensive policy change. The dangerous surprise doesn't come till about halfway through...
Running at full force with out any injuries to hamper them, the Crimson thinclads managed to place in every event. It was this depth that allowed them to prevail over BU's Terriers, who almost upset Harvard in the indoor championships, but appeared devoid of spark and manpower last weekend...