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...nation's economic angst. The real danger is far more subtle and menacing. It lies in the environment of the presidency itself. In the splendid isolation of the White House, the best and the brightest in crisp uniforms and Brooks Brothers pinstripes can, with purpose and convincing logic, expound the virtues of force to fill the voids of doubt that come with such crises. That happened to Lyndon Johnson in Vietnam. It made so much sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Lessons of History | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

...guise as TV journalist, Jackson will have to prove that he can elicit the opinions of others and not just expound on his own. He will, moreover, have to demonstrate that his TV platform is not simply a political launching pad. Does Jackson consider his new bully pulpit a key to the White House? "I see this as a key to all houses," he replies. "Everybody's house will see this." Sounds suspiciously like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Keeping All Kinds of Hope Alive | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

Jackson took the hour-long question-and-answersession as an opportunity to expound his "jobs,peace and justice" platform, which stresseskeeping jobs in the U.S., obeying internationallaw and working to provide "economic alternatives"for all countries in the hemisphere...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Jackson Vows To Solve U.S. Deficit | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...HAVE spent a significant amount of time and energy trying to convince people that New Jersey is a nice place. I answer "New Jersey!"--not "New York!"--when people ask me where I'm from. I call the Giants the New Jersey Giants, expound upon the undisturbed beauty of the Pine Barrens, and even pretend to like Bruce Springsteen on occasion...

Author: By Mitchell A. Orenstein, | Title: The NIMBY Syndrome | 10/15/1987 | See Source »

...Harvard junior has not been himself lately. His name pops up constantly in conversations that have nothing to do with him, and store and restaurant employees expound their political beliefs to him when they discover his name...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Wrong Bork Sent Fan Mail | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

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