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Leaders of Tomorrow shows people shaped little by their classes, activities, and the ostensible influences a college bears on its students. These leaders present a veneer to the world and to each other, which slowly disappears as graduation approaches, replaced by an embryonic but certain grasp of their own attitudes, feelings and opinions. Julie Carol Woods, playing Lorraine Mylan Thomas, gives up the games and poses she adopted in her tendency to be a white Black, and comes to terms with her anger at early mistreatment by whites, which previously, perhaps, she would have liked to forget...
...called debate between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan may be terribly influential in deciding the final vote, but, in truth, it is of marginal value in providing information for anyone to assess realistically the skills and intelligence needed by a President. Reagan hoped to demonstrate his heft and grasp of the issues, and Carter declared he would show everybody that he could memorize the script and would not have to use cue cards if he faces Brezhnev in another round of negotiations...
...Ford-Carter encounters are an example of how this electronic drama can obscure meaning and mislead audiences. Carter at first was awed facing a President. But his grasp of facts and his spiritual armor were enough to restore confidence, while Ford bumbled along and made his startling claim that Poland was not under Soviet dominance. In those swift television rounds, Challenger Carter skillfully danced, jabbed and flicked his facts. Ford, burdened with himself and his office, lost the decision...
...does not have to begin by learning the job. His experience gives him a grasp of the complexities of the office and the nation's problems...
Frank Sinatra, singer: "Reagan has displayed a better grasp of the issues than the other candidates...