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Still, after Ford finally said no to the vice presidential nomination, Reagan immediately settled on Bush and the two began presenting an image of good fellowship. At a joint press conference, a reporter asked how they got along personally. Replied Reagan, with a broad grin: "We've been together for a couple of hours this morning, and I didn't get much sleep last night, and there has not been a cross word between us." Another reporter asked if it bothered Bush that "you are the No. 2 choice for the No. 2 spot?" Replied Bush: "What difference does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Not a Cross Word Between Us | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...stood up on the specially-constructed wooden tables as the convention hall shook with paroxysms of Republican passion, watching the masses dancing and the two nominees waving. While none of the journalists cheered--they are, after all, paid to be objective or at least, discerning--several were seen to grin, infected by the spirit...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: The Great Crusade | 7/22/1980 | See Source »

...future dims. Amid the anti-Carter rhetoric that can carry the November election, there must be some strands of reason, some sign that conservatives are not uncompromising. This week in Detroit, there have been no such indications. Maybe that's why conservatives sport smiles wide than Carter's 1976 grin. The roots of the slogan, "Together--A New Beginning," are found not in optimism, however, but in intolerance--a profound cynicism about anything classified as non-conservative...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: GO Politics | 7/18/1980 | See Source »

However specious that claim may seem to students of history, it does not behoove the Democrats in an eelection year to grin and bear stunted growth and unrelenting unemployment. Carter, whose foreign policy pronouncements have left even the most attentive listeners wondering what he really means, has yet to define what he calls "responsible" behavior at home. He should lead by example instead of watching public opinion polls and reflecting the mood of the moment. And though his hesitancy to impose a tax cut marks a departure from his habit of appeasing the pollsters, it's ironic that...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Grinding the Ax | 7/8/1980 | See Source »

...Neal, Nick Nolte cuts, dives and spins with a clowning sensual appeal that overwhelms John Heard as Jack and Sissy Spacek as Carolyn. He twists his shoulders, rolls his eyes and straightens his collar with a sheepish grin that looks alluringly out of place on a man his size. He can never do anything wrong because he's just having fun. He's the kind of guy who never needs a reason--just...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: 'The Mad Ones' | 7/8/1980 | See Source »

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