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...tactics used by Bush's strategists to brand Michael Dukakis a gooey liberal out of touch with mainstream values, none worked better than the relentless pounding of Horton's horrible tale. By the end of the campaign, scarcely a voter had not been exposed to the lurid details of the rapacious spree Horton committed while on weekend furlough from the Massachusetts prison to which he had been sentenced to life without parole for a brutal 1974 homicide...
There are, however, some very pragmatic and hard-nosed arguments -- in addition to the idealistic and gooey ones -- that it is in America's national interest to base its foreign policy on cooperation among allies, deference to the desires of smaller friends and respect for treaties. The foremost reason: it works, or at least works better in the long run than does the swaggering alternative. Unilateral assertions of U.S. pressure have proved more likely to foster resentment about Yankee imperialism than to promote lasting influence. Nor does Washington always know best: its friends in Latin America have generally proved more...
...Cove mussels vie for places on seafood menus with assorted salmons (coho, chinook, silver, sockeye, king) and several types of rockfish and cod. The silken black cod also known as sablefish is especially enticing in the pomegranate sauce that glosses it at Le Tastevin. Then there is geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck), a giant clam that can be sauteed with the robust Mediterranean seasonings that befit what might be described as clam-flavored squid...
...vision reflects a certain constriction of the soul. When he speaks of his passions (housing, education), he seems to be reciting them by rote. Dukakis has access to leading academic thinkers, yet he still repeats many of the same cliches with which he began, especially in his gooey rule-of-law foreign policy rhetoric. Still, he surrounds himself with competent people and inspires loyalty and trust. His trustworthy image helped him survive the revelation that his campaign manager had leaked the "attack video" that destroyed the candidacy of Joseph Biden. There was a certain prissy high-mindedness to Dukakis' response...
...When we got there the windows were black and the frames were tan; they should be a murky reddish brown and a gooey brown," Riley said...