Word: factor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Differences in each executive's style and interests are the primary factor any White House manager must consider, said John D. Ehrlichman, an aide to Richard Nixon who was implicated in the Watergatescandal. "The Presidency is a Constitutionalinstitution," said Ehrlichman, "but it's also abaggy suit of clothes. If it doesn't fit, it isn'tgoing to work...
...some Democrats were renewing efforts to persuade Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey to consider a race. At a banquet in Atlanta, Georgia Senator Sam Nunn declared he was not entering the presidential sweepstakes at this time, but then added, "I have not completely closed the door." One factor that could encourage others to enter the race is that Cuomo's putative campaign was soaking up a lot of funding that now will become available. The morning after Cuomo's announcement, Hart's fund raisers stepped up their drive...
...expected the panel's report to be scathingly critical of the Administration. It seems unlikely, however, that the panel can go beyond an earlier Senate Intelligence Committee study in answering the central question: Was the Administration trading arms for hostages? (The Senate report indicated this was a major factor, despite Reagan's denials.) It is possible that the panel will be unable to prove who is right in those many cases in which Administration witnesses, notably Regan and McFarlane, have told contradictory stories. But it can and almost certainly will spotlight those conflicts in a manner highly embarrassing...
...Costello also should be a big factor in the meet, possibly giving Brown's Carolyn Ryder a battle for the gold in the breaststroke races. Other freshmen ready for action are Jenny Meyer in the individual medley, distance freestyler Michelle Sang, butterflier Mary Quinn, and backstroke specialist Tatiana Zomopoulos...
...expertly, equally convincing in all his character's twisted levels of reality. His abrupt facial shifts from genial daddy to iron-jawed psycho are scary as hell--the expressions of contained violence, forced cheer, and wistful longing that flicker through this dude's eyes would shame many a Max Factor model. This guy really wants a happy family, and you see it in his face as he pitifully watches happy neighbors prancing around their lawns. Gotta love his end, it's just his means that send Oedipal chills up the back...