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WITH THAT SAID about Marathon Man, the film and the book, it is worth taking a moment to consider William Goldman, whose screenplay credits include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men, but who is held in highest regard by this writer for Boys and Girls Together, a novel about growing up in the 50's, published over a decade ago, that is remarkable for a set of extraordinarily well-developed characters and strikingly witty and realistic dialogue. Having failed to encounter anyone who has heard of this book, or anyone who knew of Goldman...
...Carter among them by 45% to 31%; by contrast, Carter was ahead with this decisive group in August, 41% to 39%. One reason for the shift is the growing belief that Carter is a liberal, which has become a negative label for many voters. Of the people surveyed, 35% regard him as a liberal, up 10 percentage points since August. Only 30% consider him a moderate, down 13 points. Among moderates, Carter now runs almost neck and neck with the President after leading him 51% to 35% in late August...
CRITICISMS OF CARTER. Clearly, the Democratic nominee was hurt by the first debate. By 41% to 28%, the people interviewed said they thought that Ford was the victor. While the debate and a month of further campaigning have, made Carter less of an enigma-35% now regard him as too much of an unknown, down 5 percentage points since August-many voters dislike what they see in him. Of those surveyed, 54% call him fuzzy on the issues (up from 51% in August), 55% say he overpromises (up from 48%), 53% complain that he changes his stands (up from...
...council chairman (or mayor). "You are facing the last generation of blacks who are willing to negotiate," Makhaya declared. "The younger generation is calling us fools because we achieve nothing. You must meet with black leaders the government has detained, and talk with them, because black people now regard these men as their leaders...
...other Democratic candidates had focused their campaigns in favor of the more general, and in the Carter camp's view, overarching issue of governmental integrity and accountability, as personified by the President of the United States. Furthermore, national polls demonstrated profound differences of opinion among Carter supporters with regard not only to their own positions on such controversial issues as busing, but also in their perception of Carter's stands on these issues...