Word: politicians
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Reporters in almost any other branch of journalism qualify their statements constantly. You would never read a rewritten version of a politician's press release in a paper, but you are very likely to find a doctor's press release, slightly reworded, in newsprint. This is not because doctors are known to write better than politicans, but because by and large the reporters may shy away from trying to understand science...
There is an almost eerie tranquillity about the Indiana Senator. Though he wears a politician's fixed smile, he does not indulge in the posturing and showmanship that are a committee chairman's institutional prerogative. Presiding at last week's stormy hearing, he sat primly with his hands folded and his jacket on, oblivious to the heat generated by both television lights and the querulous exchanges between wrought-up Senators and bristling Administration spokesmen. Precise and undramatic, Lugar, 54, comes across more like a fusty academic than a hands-on vote getter. He is regarded as thoughtful -- as opposed...
...electorate of the Eighth Congressional District has yet to be offered a look at the people behind the campaign rhetoric. If the voters are to differentiate among the candidates, they must see each politician's skill in defending a position without ready recourse to an issues director. This can best happen in one-on-one debate, where candidates who have watched and analyzed each other for months will be able to go at each other freely and with ample time...
Critics say that Nakasone, 68, an able and forceful politician, has launched a complex drive to gain an unprecedented third term that would enable him to carry out his program. The bylaws of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party state that its leader must step down after two terms as party president. Since the head of the party in power is also the country's Prime Minister, the stricture would force Nakasone to leave both posts when his second two-year term expires next October. In the hope of circumventing the requirement, Nakasone last month called for elections...
...indeed resolve differences between the Senate bill and one that the House whooped through by voice vote last December. The committee compromise should clear both chambers by Labor Day, and President Reagan will undoubtedly sign the final product into law. By now no one dares become known as the politician who killed tax reform...