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...products of this incumbent mentality influence the admixture of guts and guff that make up Al's political style. First, that he is practically a monument in his community lends a security to his ability to continue living a local political life. If someone is pretty certain he can be reelected, he can say things that verge on the outrageous or the absurd, so long as the man himself is not absurd. Second, incumbents find formulas that work for them, and they will stick by them as long as they carry some political benefit. One of the formulas...

Author: By Henry Griggs, | Title: Al Vellucci: Pepperoni and homemade wine | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

Bette Henritze once more plays Paulina, who takes guff from nobody. She finds a good balance between righteous indignation and humor, and rises to the task of becoming a sort of female Prospero, guiding the course of events. Miss Henritze's voice does not have as wide a pitch range as one would like, but she uses what she has with impressive skill. William Larsen also repeats as her husband Antigonus, who is pursued and eaten by a (wisely stylized) bear...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: 'Winter's Tale' Has Superb Leontes at Last | 7/2/1976 | See Source »

...shred of evidence that Ali's gifted father beat him up, as he must admit in the next sentence: "Whether Ali's childhood was like this, or anything like this, it would be impertinent to guess-and he isn't saying." This is the sort of guff that the English press writes on dull days: "Is Queen Elizabeth pregnant again? It would be impertinent to guess, and she's not saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Harder They Fall | 9/8/1975 | See Source »

...what he suspects is that the very rich are in conspiratorial control of the country. It turns out that Keegan's billionaire father, in the Old Joe Kennedy slot, arranged with fellow oligarchs to kill his son because President Tim was showing signs of believing his own guff about helping the blacks and the poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Obscurity Now | 6/24/1974 | See Source »

...More powerful than Abbie Hoffman! Faster on the guff than Bella Abzug! Able to leap Baron Munchausen in a single bound! It's Supercop Jack Muller, the Chicago letter-of-the-law man who for 25 years has been causing pain and embarrassment to that city's politicians, smug elite and privileged hoodlums...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blue Thunder | 10/11/1971 | See Source »

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