Word: politicians
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...soar. Far from slipping, Mondale appears to be farther ahead than ever. He has deftly sidestepped Glenn's broadsides, while Glenn has been less dexterous dodging Mondale's jabs. Glenn is still fuzzy as a candidate-"there is no meat on his bones," says a Democratic politician in Georgia-and his campaign organization has started slowly. Even The Right Stuff, a movie glorifying Glenn's role in the space program, is less than a sensation at the box office...
Freedom of the press, like any other freedom, can be dangerous. But Thomas Jefferson, who suffered at the hands of journalists as much as any contemporary politician, insisted that protecting the press at its worst was an essential part of having the press be free. Said Jefferson: "It is so difficult to draw a clear line of separation between the abuse and the wholesome use of the press . . . I shall protect them in the right of lying and calumniating." Moreover, the press, however forceful, has no power to indict or impeach, no power beyond what is granted by its audience...
Stassen was faster out of the blocks than almost any other politician in memory. So fast that in the early 1940s he was commonly referred to as "The Boy Wonder of the Republican Party." Born the son of a Minnesota farmer 76 years ago, he graduated from high school when he was 15 and got his law degree seven years later. In 1938, at the age of 31, he was elected governor of his state, the youngest man ever to do so. In 1940 he gave the keynote address at the GOP national convention. He served two and one half...
...country's jails, while another 400 political prisoners are banned from holding office. The opposition was particularly incensed that Chun had placed several hundred dissidents, including priests and journalists, under house arrest for the duration of the trip. Said Kim Young Sam, the leading dissident politician in Seoul: "I had no objection to Mr. Reagan coming here, but his visit should not result in support for the dictatorial regime...
Whatever the outcome of the conflict, Arafat will almost surely be diminished in the eyes of West Bankers. A politician pointed out that if Arafat is cast aside and the P.L.O. comes to be perceived as an adjunct of the Syrian army, its role as sole legitimate voice of the Palestinians could be easily challenged, most probably by King Hussein of Jordan. "The King would be released from previous restraints and could enter into negotiations [with Israel and the U.S.] if he wanted to," said the politician. "And if he called for the support of the people in the West...