Word: patly
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Evangelist Pat Robertson, who has been shadowing Kemp's efforts to woo conservatives, has lost ground among voters since news reports appeared last September alleging that he dodged combat duty in Korea. Robertson's favorable rating among Republicans and independents has dived 20 percentage points since last May, to 27%, and 56% of those familiar with Robertson now say they have a "generally unfavorable" impression of him. The combative White House communications director, Patrick Buchanan, who has been dropping hints about running for President, also has a high negative rating: 41% of Republicans and independents familiar with Buchanan have...
...just a fact of life, and I'm not sure that the Government should necessarily have a solution," says Semerad. Nevertheless, the proposal will probably be politically attractive. "It is historic in that the Federal Government assumes the responsibility for dealing with these major problems of fundamental adjustment," says Pat Choate, author of The High-Flex Society. "We have over 2 million people a year who lose their jobs." He views the $1 billion, which could serve as many as 900,000 dislocated workers, as a "step in the right direction...
...nearly half the delegates will probably have been chosen. No one knows whether this front-loaded calendar will make for early decisions or whether the large fields will fragment the results until later in the game. The presence of two Baptist ministers -- Jesse Jackson on the Democratic left and Pat Robertson on the Republican right -- also casts conventional scenarios in doubt. But one thing is certain: more candidates are out campaigning earlier than ever in the belief that late starters are likely to be left in the dust...
...traces Cat's every moment--the sparsely narrated action scenes of the book are interrupted by long sections during which Maspero has Cat meditate on what he has learned and who he has become. None of these sections quite rings true--they are too pat and preachy, as in Cat's huffy rejection of the pallid values of his aunt and uncle...
...diving competitions, sophomore Pat Healy and freshman Phil Araoz were the winning combination for the Crimson, as the two divers finished one-two on both the 1 and 3-meter boards...