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Reese, who peppers his political analyses with anecdotes from campaigns past, says it is the American electorate that has changed the most since he entered politics in the early 1950s. To Reese, "Voters have become very cynical and prompt to believe, in the absence of contradiction, what is said...
Dukakis' political problems stem directly from his stiff-necked refusal to heed the advice of others. Campaign strategist John Sasso was the indispensable man because he possesses the unique ability to prompt Dukakis to listen. Dukakis also failed abysmally in translating his much vaunted administrative skills to the discipline of creating a national campaign; he insisted on micromanaging nearly everything from interviewing political aides to approving scripts of TV spots. The result: insularity and indecision. In addition, Dukakis has failed to inspire loyalty, a quality that Bush prizes, perhaps in the extreme. But at this dour moment in the campaign...
That has enraged Ohio Governor Richard Celeste, who has demanded that the plant be permanently closed. "If a terrorist had buried it there, there would be an extraordinary and prompt reaction. In this case, it was our Government that buried the time bomb," he declared last week. "They have lied to us. Without a mechanism to oversee what they're doing, we can't trust them." Charges Ohio EPA chief Shank: "The U.S. Government is the single biggest polluter in Ohio and probably the nation...
Labor experts said that the two-month lag time between HUCTW's announcement of support for a vote and the election was typical. But the union's immediate agitation against Harvard--about what it termed prompt action on the election--would linger through all subsequent negotiations and hostilities between the two sides...
...problem in a way that will benefit all of the University. We are heartened by this promising attitude, but we will wait for the committee's report in order to study it before responding to it. If we find their recommendations to be satisfactory, then we will press for prompt action by the faculty. We are optimistic, but also cautious. Wendell C. Ocasio Minority Student Alliance