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...system Nixon used for assigning speeches to his staff of writers. There was a "Good Nixon" speechwriter who was known for flowery prose and concilliatory pronouncements calculated to please the left; and a "Bad Nixon" speechwriter who would formulate hard-hitting, no-holds-barred vitrioles for the good ol' boys on the right. Although produced with the "editorial assistance" of "Good Nixon" writer Ray Price, The Real War shows Nixon restrained only by his still-fervent desire for acceptance and respectability, fangs barely capped. Ultimately, the book most closely resembles a 327-page Richard Nixon speech. Despite the obvious nostalgia...
...Sinatra: Trilogy (Reprise). Well, yes, he is weatherbeaten, and there is some rust in the pipes. Little relevance, less matter. Frank Sinatra gargling would still make most other pop singers sound like ventriloquists or, in some cases, their dummies. Trilogy is a rather unwieldy three-record set in which Ol' Blue Eyes explores the past, the present and the future. Each of the three sections carries a cumbersome subtitle (one is called Reflections on the Future in Three Tenses), but Sinatra checks this kind of weight at the door. There are some fine passes at old favorites (My Shining...
...election as a proponent of a deficit budget. But veteran observers believe the quarrel over just which programs to cut could rival in bitterness the three-year battle over Carter's energy program. Says Democratic Representative David Obey of Wisconsin: "Everybody wants to cut Ol' Charlie's program. And nobody wants...
...Ol' Charlie...
...Reagan campaign strategy so far and his camp has paid dearly--in Iowa and, perhaps, in New Hampshire. The swaggering certainty around Reagan headquarters six months ago, even two months ago--based on the heady assumption that no Republican hopeful could possibly come within spitting distance of ol' Ron--has proved crippling...