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NATION: Democrats revel in their unity as Dukakis finally shows he can inspire...
Then he is off again for a sprint to Boston's Logan Airport en route to a final flourish in Atlanta. Bennett seems to revel, too, in these dashes, riding the fast lane in cars, in conversation, in politics. "He's got a big ego, and he knows it," says an associate. At Logan, Press Secretary Loye Miller tells him of an invitation from a TV talk show. "Crossfire wants you Saturday," he says. "Not Saturday," replies Bennett, a homebody who scorns the Potomac syndrome of "working the restaurants at night." He snorts, "A big status thing in Washington...
...energy." Walking through the senior lounge, the principal greets Denise Baker, who has just won a $20,000 scholarship, with some approving Clark doggerel: "If you can conceive it, you can believe it, and you can achieve it." Denise loves it. In fact virtually all the kids seem to revel in the style of the man they privately call "Crazy Joe." More than a few look to him for help: a Hispanic girl approaches to whisper that she needs a winter coat. "I'll get you one," vows the principal, scribbling her name...
...working in very tight spaces here, but they never make him claustrophobic. His camera is like a calm, courtly stranger at this revel, quietly accepting its physical restraints, determined to make the best of its intimacy with a marvelous ensemble of actors. They, in turn, are charmingly unpretentious as they reveal the humanity beneath their unpromising surfaces...
...this is well and good, but is it enough? Except for females in Women's Studies courses, once a student goes to class there is no way to revel in one's own sexual identity. What Harvard needs are more courses about sex, what it's like, and where to get it. After all, what is healthier than sexual identity...