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...about the bravery of the Vietnamese in the face of awful destruction, after American planes had wiped out a North Vietnamese town thought to be an important transport center. A model operation, Wolfe calls it. What is Salisbury trying to do--sabotage the war effort? The next 20 pages drag on, like interesting patterns in punch tape, while Wolfe goes on even more enthusiastically describing how exhilarating it is to be young and a flyer, killing people you never have...
...Humble. Rather than drag the whole group to remote Plains, Ga., Jimmy Carter instead deferentially flew up to the appropriately named town of Lovejoy, near Atlanta, braving heavy rains in a small Cessna 310. But Carter was far from a humble supplicant awed by his visitors. "Gentlemen," he told the legislators, "I want you to know that I'm going to be a good President. I have confidence in my own ability. I can run this nation." At another point in the private three-hour discussion, Carter declared: "I want no wars while I am President. I want...
...most major travesties are in the casting. Susan Palmer-Persen plays the intelligent and beguiling Celimene with a lack of elegance and a cloying accent. David Morse, in drag, minces about as the catty society lady Arsinoe; this silly transsexuality proves nothing except the director's incompetence, by this time firmly established...
...Mashpee, specifically, a class-action filed in August demands the return of virtually the entire town to the Wampanoag. The suit, however, would allow householders to stay as long as they paid "fair rental value," which could amount to more than $2 million annually. Though the suit could drag on for years, the town was stunned to learn in September that the leading Boston bond counsel, Ropes & Gray, refused to okay a $4 million bond issue for a new school. Its reason: since Indian lands cannot be taxed, a Wampanoag legal victory could wipe out the tax base for paying...
...other country on earth endures as long or as complex a selection process for its chief executive as the United States. Although it is questionable whether the extended exposure time actually provides a sum of information commensurate with the effort devoted, presidential campaigns nevertheless drag on for nearly a year. The incumbent inevitably tailors his policies to the ill-defined desires of assorted voting "blocs" in the hope of cueing the correct response, often dramatically altering government policy in the process. President Ford has been no exception. Both candidates are challenged to please as many voters as possible, to cater...