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THEN the pilot's gleeful voice came over the intercom. "Hey, we've got some winners!" he chortled. "We're one-and-a-half minutes late...
...critic tries to write carefully and stylishly, deriving a great deal of pleasure from the finished work, should that pleasure extend to the criticisms themselves? Both the writer and the reader have to separate the process of finding fault from the process of writing well--too much gleeful panning begins to sound suspiciously sadistic...
...Democratic retreat created an opening for gleeful Republicans, who found themselves in the unaccustomed role of Social Security's staunchest defenders. Says a Republican leader: "As usual, ((the Democrats)) began flapping around and knocking each other down like the F Troop of politics." To the consternation of Democratic leaders, G.O.P. lawmakers began distributing campaign buttons with the slogan SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY. VOTE REPUBLICAN. George Bush also weighed in, repeating the pledge made in his State of the Union Address that he would not "mess around" with Social Security. "This is an effort to get me to try to raise taxes...
These developments -- and the gleeful speed with which Poland, Hungary, East Germany and Czechoslovakia have guillotined the Communist monopoly -- must make Mikhail Gorbachev feel like the sorcerer's apprentice. Unable to control the rising flood of reforms he has conjured up, he is finding it harder to keep afloat...
...late Dona Violeta's name is heard more and more often as a possible , presidential candidate to oppose Ortega in next February's national elections. While she has repeatedly denied any such ambitions, a gleeful light fires up her eyes when the subject of challenging Ortega comes up. And she has reason to be optimistic. A recent survey concluded that if the election were held tomorrow, the Sandinistas would lose to the opposition. When Ortega is pitted against Chamorro by name, the polls show her a slight favorite...