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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...massaged, pummeled -- and maybe had -- by some savvy movie publicists, the spin doctors of the entertainment industry. They operate in the slick new tradition of political handlers, whose job is to reduce a campaign to photo ops and sound bites, keep their candidates away from rancorous reporters and try, ever so discreetly, to manage the news. For a movie publicist, the methods and motives are the same; only the product is different. And by orchestrating the burgeoning infotainment press, a smart flack can detonate a bigger bang for the buck. Without spending a dollar on advertising (though millions will...
...Democrats also picked up a Governor's chair in West Virginia, where Gaston Caperton, 48, a wealthy insurance executive seeking his first political office, easily defeated three-term Governor Arch Moore. In Vermont, Madeleine Kunin became the first woman chief executive ever to win a third term...
...exclusive candid snapshots of the campaign. TIME also kept a close watch on the coterie of aides managing the candidates. "It was the year of the handlers," says Isaacson. "When I was out on the trail, I was surprised by how little access the press and the public ever had to the candidates...
...this month, the 130-year-old company is winning praise -- even from many of its victims. Under a complex reorganization plan, the company will pay out more than $2.5 billion in claims over the next 27 years. Despite its monumental obligations, the company is in many ways stronger than ever before. Says Tom Stephens, 46, Manville's chief executive: "After six years in the starting gate, we're raring...
...first captures attention with his power. When he hits a drive the ball gets small in a hurry, as though some invisible agent is pulling it into the far reaches of that vault of air that is the golfer's working space. Nicklaus calls him the "longest straight hitter ever...