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...audience gets no real sense of the man or the era. Nixon's confession is so warped and garbled that it is easier to dismiss his ideas than to digest them or speculate on their political or psychological significance. We can't even feel sorry for Nixon, because essentially, he is just a caricature...
...downed U.S. Airman Robert Goodman, the attention sharply increased. After Glenn slipped in the poll standings, more notice was given to Gary Hart. But there is still scant coverage for Alan Cranston, George McGovern, Ernest Rollings or Reubin Askew. Stories about the "second tier" of candidates, moreover, tend to dismiss them as having no chance...
...coaches and tournament organizers dismiss the possibility that the consolation game will be eliminated from the tournament altogether. "It's more or less a necessary evil," says Joe Perlmutter, assistant director of events at the Boston Garden...
...gritty, often bumpy policymaking processes of his Administration. His lapses are more than a forgivable matter of mixing up history at a press conference or misrepresenting a trivial budget figure now and again. Reagan is remarkably disengaged from the substance of his job. His aides no longer dismiss as glib the theory that Reagan has a movie-star approach to governing. "In Reagan's mind," says a White House adviser, "somebody does the lighting, somebody else does the set, and Reagan takes care of his role, which is the public role...
...country renowned for its diversity and pluralism, it is remarkable that we cling to the notion that there is an essential duality on complex political, economic and social issues. We dismiss out of hand the idea of a strong, viable third party. Yet a new group capable of attracting progressive elements from both the Democrats and the Republicans could launch a political reformation that would truly address our problems...