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Huckabee's greatest pop-culture weapon, though, may be the late-night shows. His humor is easy, wry and self-deprecating, but it's also strategic. Some Huckabee positions???on abortion, the so-called FairTax, immigration, aligning the Constitution with "God's standards"?would alienate some voters. But his joking reinforces his cultivated image as the conservative who's "not mad at anybody." And his dry irony?the lingua franca of pop culture?allows him to sandwich actual answers on awkward issues with his jokes. If he's lucky, viewers won't notice, or mind, the difference...
This year in the heady weeks after his unexpected victory in the Iowa caucuses in January, Bush failed to define a set of positions???"to go from George Who to George What," in Baker's words. Such positions might have made Bush seem a clear-cut alternative to Reagan, but also an incompatible running mate. And even after Bush suffered a stunning defeat in New Hampshire in February, he steadfastly refused advice from some of his staff to criticize Reagan harshly, though that is the standard strategy for reviving a faltering campaign. That refusal was widely ascribed to Ivy Leaguer...
...engineers and chemists like Garvin, who have risen through the company's legendary "Texas pipeline"?from Exxon's sprawling refinery complexes of the Gulf Coast to senior management positions???the Oil Game is no longer very much fun. Hounded by the White House, harassed by consumer and environmental groups, harangued even by OPEC for profiteering, the company has become a target of opportunity for practically every cranky, disaffected group...
Open, decent and in some ways politically courageous, Ford does not seem to deserve such treatment. He has pursued detente, an agreement on strategic nuclear weapons and the Panama Canal negotiations?all basically sound positions???in the face of Reagan's harsh attacks. Last month Ford, an advocate of free trade, refused to give special protection to the domestic shoe industry against foreign competition, despite heavy pressure from the industry's political friends on Capitol Hill...
Sartre & Peale. Rescue workers had to break through walls in at least three skyscrapers to get to elevator shafts and release some 75 passengers. One man trapped in an RCA Building elevator for 20 hours gave his three companions a course in yoga positions???including standing on his head. At the Empire State Building when a rescue team finally broke through, one of its members solicitously inquired, "Are there any pregnant women aboard?" Shot back a male voice: "Why, we've hardly even...
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