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The flashes sometimes came as the cameras cut away from the candidate who was speaking to focus on the other's reaction. In the first debate, a grim Nixon, his features taut, avoided looking at his adversary, and his eyes darted warily about the studio. As Nixon spoke, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Re-Viewing the '60 Debates | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

To the Voters, the candidates' positions on this delicate issue will probably be less important than their candor and consistency. In fact, there is good reason to believe that many Catholics are relaxed about abortion and unlikely to vote for or against a candidate on that issue. According to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Flare-Up Over Abortion | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

Two days before he was chosen for the job, Senator Dole relaxed and chatted with a group of TIME editors and writers about the kind of man Ford should pick to run for Vice President. From his manner, Dole clearly indicated that he did not at all consider himself to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Has Gun, Will Travel | 8/30/1976 | See Source »

Reagan seemed relaxed in a defeat he had been anticipating for at least a day. The fight was over, and he is not an ideologue who broods over lost causes. As one Ford speaker on TV praised the President's courage in doggedly saying no to the Congress, Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ALSO-RANS: The End of the Ride | 8/30/1976 | See Source »

Carter's speech from the platform is usually cultivated and unpretentious. He pronounces both the b and the h in humble. In relaxed conversation, however, he probably does use might could, done dead, ain 't, multiple negatives and more than a few other folk forms of vocabulary, morphology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum: Nadia: What Price Perfection? | 8/23/1976 | See Source »

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