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For months he had been presenting himself as the lonely independent, the thinking man's candidate, voicing unorthodox ideas that defy easy liberal-conservative classification. Last week John Bayard Anderson, 58, pushed his political heresy to the extreme by taking on the two-party system itself. His thick shock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: John Anderson Breaks Away | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

WITH THE POISE EXPECTED of a fine actor, the performer recites his final line and exits, stage right, to the thunderous applause of his audience. Only there is no curtain, just a podium on a platform, and the orator heads not backstage to be received by an admiring fan, but...

Author: By Peter M. Engel, | Title: Student, Teach Thyself | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

Could it have been different? Connally was far and away the best orator on the Republican circuit. His experience as Texas Governor, Treasury Secretary and Navy Secretary was unmatched by any of his rivals. But voters rejected him personally. Inside the G.O.P., Connally was too well remembered as an associate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Adieu, Big John | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

But he smiled, too, when the profile focused on his born-again Christianity and slow conversion to liberalism, bolstering his image as an orator, letting him play the part of the "thinking candidate."

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Anderson Looks for His Break | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

A New York Times editorial about this man appeared under the headline, "Why Not the Best?" and Times columnist Tom Wicker calls him the "Idea man from Illinois." Of late, he has not been so much covered as celebrated by the press. Phrases like "golden-tongued orator," and "impeccable liberal...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: In Sheep's Clothing | 2/14/1980 | See Source »

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