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Besides questioning her qualifications, the Republicans plan to portray the selection of Ferraro as a cynically political move. They will also paint Ferraro as an ultraliberal. Ferraro sounds ready for combat. "Everyone keeps comparing me to Vice President Bush," she said in Elmore. "That's delightful. I think we should have a debate or two." A spokesman for Bush said he was willing, but the White House may veto the idea: the President's aides want to keep the focus on Reagan and Mondale...
MUCH OF the beauty of the book comes from Updike's evocation of growth, metamorphosis, and decay. The most vivid moments portray the possibilities of an apparently depthless sadness; one sometimes feels that Updike, shorn of his religious convictions, would be capable of an analysis of or depiction of true hysteria. Analysis has connected hysteria to femininity and to certain forms of religious conviction; one wishes that Updike would explore such connections, rather than spending his time describing the details of sexual intercourse. In the manner of a writer of farce, he shuns depth to go for laughs instead...
...exploit this caricature of an out-to-lunch President, Mondale will portray himself as "Mr. Competence," a hands-on executive who is familiar with the levers of power and how to pull them. Says Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Matthew Flynn: "Fritz is decent, safe and steady. People trust him to do the predictable thing. He won't tamper with Social Security or go to war." Mondale says he is eager to show his steadiness, and expose Reagan's tenuous grasp of the issues, in "several" TV debates...
Throughout, Reagan will be trying to portray himself as the leader of an alliance that is enjoying a rare period of relative prosperity and solidarity. White House aides are quick to admit that one purpose is to impress the voters at home...
...uncannily realistic bronze figures of Sculptor J. Seward Johnson Jr. In parks and plazas from San Antonio to Seattle, some 120 of Johnson's life-size sculptures, many sporting colored clothing, capture the everyday details of ordinary citizens down to their crumpled brown bags and untied shoelaces. They portray carpenters, businesswomen, students, engaged in such activities as talking on a park bench, leaving a tennis court or simply scratching their backs. "We are surrounded by monolithic towers and cold glass in our cities," says Johnson. "My work celebrates mini-heroics; normal-size people reclaiming their humanness...