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...week, reporters weary after eight long days of tedious debate decided to inject some levity into the proceedings. One reporter donned a Gov. Michael S. Dukakis mask and stood in the press gallery eying the legislature. As curious lawmakers began laughing, Rep. Robert MacNeil (D-Malden), yelled to the mock governor, "Jump...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 3/18/1989 | See Source »

...Michael Dukakis in preparing Bush for the debates. "One of the reasons he was picked," says Bush's media adviser, Roger Ailes, "was his reputation for being aloof and arrogant, just like Dukakis." Though tough in the sparring, Darman softened his performances with humor. At the end of one mock match, he entertained Bush by donning a tank helmet like the one Dukakis wore in a TV ad. Next round, he displayed a pair of Heavyhands, the weights Dukakis uses in speed-walking. In the critique sessions afterward, Ailes says, "Darman was great: warm, funny and very sharp." Bush agreed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RICHARD DARMAN: Driven To Beat the Budget | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

After debate, committee resolutions are developed and put before the mock General Assembly for approval in a procedure identical to that used by the United Nations. Students said the practice of developing resolutions during the conference is unique to Harvard, because other model U.N. programs often hold conferences with pre-set agendas...

Author: By Nelson Y. Wang, | Title: Model U.N. Delegates Debate Global Questions | 2/21/1989 | See Source »

Students then hold mock trials to test their skills, and observe experienced advocates at local courts. Once trained, advocates go to court and stand by for women who come to obtain restraining orders, Buel said...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: Law Students Will Aid Battered Women | 2/7/1989 | See Source »

Ruth Brown, who can still shout down the rafters in St. Louis Blues, shows her kittenish side and trademark mock anger in the double entendre If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It. Her husky, lisping Body and Soul, however, comes off as a Carol Channing impersonation. Linda Hopkins, a 1972 Tony winner (Inner City), finds dignity in Come Sunday but loses it in her gleeful giggling about wife beating in T'aint Nobody's Bizness if I Do. While Carrie Smith displays a howitzer voice in I Want a Big Butter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Gorgeous Fun, but Not Funky | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

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