Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seriously. "Dandy Dale" they have called him, "the man with one speech, a shoeshine and a smile." But the smile has turned out to be deadly for his opponents, who never quite knew what hit them, so disarming was the weapon. Today, Bumpers is considered the most promising politician in the South-a region that, as it moderates its once extremist politics, is fast rejoining the mainstream of the Democratic Party...
...native of Madison, Wis., Lamm speaks less with the measured drawl of the Westerner than with the rapid-fire delivery of the transplant. But zealous as he is on the environment, he is no extremist. "I am a politician of the finite," he says, and he fully expects to cooperate with Republicans, who are scarcely less alarmed about the future of their state than Democrats. "We're not saying 'no growth' or opting for a steady state economy," says Lamm. "But growth has to be controlled. What we're really demanding is that growth...
MASSACHUSETTS' MICHAEL DUKAKIS, 41, is a new kind of Democratic politician in a state that has seen all breeds and mutations. He is a political technocrat, a bright and self-righteous reformer who declared that upon becoming Governor, "the first thing I'm going to do is to begin to introduce the idea of productivity and efficiency goals and standards into state government." Dukakis spent eight energetic years in the legislature, where he sponsored the nation's first no-fault automobile insurance. Then he burnished his image for two years as the moderator of The Advocates...
Keefe's schedule could match the ledger of the most agressive politician, as he plays in the Harvard Jazz Band, works part-time as a research assistant and computer programmer, is in the process of applying to graduate schools, and is trying to write a thesis in economics...
...politically pretentious and cleverly cynical as this one, this musical comedy is positively self-indulgent. And in an era when police graft and political embezzlement are no more surprising than that Senate investigation hearings should compete successfully with afternoon soap operas, this tale of Tammany Hall and the maverick politician who, as much as any man could, managed to overcome the forces of evil is a natural...