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Coming from anybody but an Eagle Scout and an idealist of uncommon rectitude, that would be an insufferable statement. Evans first won office in 1956 when one of the two seats in a heavily Republican Seattle district fell vacant. In 1959 he married Spokane-born Nancy Bell, the blonde, hazel-eyed daughter of a mining engineer who wanted to name her Verna Equinoxia because she was born on the first day of spring. (He was dissuaded by his wife.) The Evanses have three sons: Danny Jr., 7; Mark, 4; and Bruce, 23 months...
Beneath the front-page Winship wearing baby-blue suspenders, however, is the editorial Winship -- the staunch old American idealist. He believes in honesty, simplicity, loyal opposition when necessary. He is not a subtle thinker, but an earnest one. "There is nothing that would improve the image of America more than if we passed a 'Ghetto Tax,'" he suggests. On second thought, he sees the impracticality of his proposal--"but what a wonderful commitment of national purpose." If you bring up America or the Globe in conversation, you are touching his soft spot. He waxes maudlin and concludes, "I know that...
...GRADUATE. Director Mike Nichols doesn't quite pull a Babbitt out of the hat in this sophomoronic film about the disillusioning encounters suffered by an idealist college grad (Dustin Hoffman) when he returns home to Los Angeles...
...caricatures Merrick not as David but Goliath in this often disjointed and inconsistent yet frequently uproariously funny film directed by Mel Brooks. THE GRADUATE. Director Mike Nichols doesn't quite pull a Babbitt out of the hat in this sophomoronic film about the disillusioning encounters suffered by an idealist college grad (Dustin Hoffman) when he returns home to Los Angeles...
SUCH communication is made all the more vital, by virtue of the perplexing image which President Pusey projects to students. Over and over again we are told that he is an idealist, a man of great devotion to principle. It was Pusey's backing, we are told, which allowed Provost Buck to stand up to McCarthyism at a time when other Universities faltered. He waged a fight against the NDEA disclaimer oath which was dangerous and costly to the University. At the time of the Dow demonstration, he vigorously denounced interference with individual freedom of movement...