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...space age," said G.O.P. rival Luce. But Williams dismisses such criticism with his trademark horse laugh and zany grin. The larger question is whether his cowboy cachet can survive in the general election. "He hasn't withstood the fire of a long campaign and journalistic scrutiny," points out Richard Murray, a University of Houston political scientist. "Without the cash, he'd be a terrible fourth." Whatever way the vote goes, Williams appears ready to accept it. "If I lose," says Williams, "I've drilled a total dry hole. If I win, I'll get some of my money back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cowpoke for Governor? | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

...Murray S. Camppell, an IBM researcher who helped develop Deep Thought, said he thought its chances of winning the match were "at best...

Author: By Mark N. Templeton, | Title: Karpov Beats Computer Champ | 2/3/1990 | See Source »

...driven by stars with well- developed comic personas. (Chicken Soup failed because it never created a plausible milieu for its star. Jackie Mason as a social worker?) Grand depends instead on an ensemble cast, which seems adrift with characters thrown together as arbitrarily as passengers on a lifeboat. Joel Murray has some funny moments as old man Weldon's flaky son, and Reed gives off sexy sparks as the trailer-park mom. But they don't keep the boat from sinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Banging Away at the Piano Works | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

...Winners derive enormous moral solace from believing that their self-interest is the same as society's interest. The success in the intellectual climate of the 1980s of George Gilder's Wealth and Poverty and Charles Murray's Losing Ground, two books which argue that helping the poor hurts everyone, bear testimony to the power of this sentiment...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Winners Take All | 1/3/1990 | See Source »

...Winners derive enormous moral solace from believing that their self-interest is the same as society's interest. The success in the intellectual climate of the 1980s of George Gilder's Wealth and Poverty and Charles Murray's Losing Ground, two books which argue that helping the poor hurts everyone, bear testimony to the power of this sentiment...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Winners Take All | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

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