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Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 says many professors who go on TV face the risk of having their messages misconstrued, since they are used to making their case in a full-hour lecture and not a 30-second sound bite. “You have to keep in mind that most of the reporters are the equivalent of C students or worse,” he says. “They should remember what a C bluebook looks like—that’s what your message is going to be when...
Serious questions, however, are no guarantee of serious answers. And even an unprecedented full-hour format does not ensure that candidates will deal with the issues, and not launch into tired campaign rhetoric. Kalb concedes that Sen. Al Gore Jr. '69 (D-Tenn.), for one, used the show more to present his image than to discuss policy. "Each one of them came up here to look the best he could, to sound the best he could," says Kalb. "A politician running for the presidency who did not take advantage of an hour of free time would be a fool...
...popular prescription, one that is eagerly being filled by the nation's 50,000 massage therapists (masseur and masseuse are outre). And they deliver. If health club appointments and at-home visits are inconvenient, don't worry. Therapists will come to the office. No time or inclination for a full-hour full-undress manipulation? Then how about a minimassage? It is brief (ten to 15 minutes), thoroughly proper (clothes stay on) and cheap (a tune-up costs $10 to $15, while a complete overhaul...
...final days before the Democratic Party was to select its candidate for President, Jimmy Carter moved impressively on two fronts to tighten his grip on the nomination. He cooled the uproar over his brother Billy with an impressive full-hour prime-time press conference and with a 99-page report to a Senate investigating subcommittee. At the same time, his aides were negotiating pre-convention compromises with Challenger Edward Kennedy's camp that reduced the danger of a grand old Democratic donnybrook this week in Madison Square Garden...
...00p.m.-The Alamo. This is an ultimate American film. John Wayne produced, directed, and starred in a twelve million dollar salute to chauvinism, racism, and what he feels is the American way. The money was spent on a full-scale model of the Alamo itself and the lavish staging of a full-hour battle sequence. A large part of the film is offensive, but much of it is exciting and fun, and it is worth watching if only to see John Wayne get skewered on a crowbar by one of Santa Ana's mean minions. It is something many...