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GROWING PAINS. Are any of these candidates ready to lead the nation? Not if one listens to the nightly stream of wisecracks from Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, David Letterman -- and the candidates themselves. Tongue-in-cheek self- deprecation has become a favorite rhetorical tactic. Dukakis initiated it at a Democratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Playing The Rating Game | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

There are certain to be Republican charges that Dukakis has turned his campaign over to a certified dirty trickster. In truth, Sasso's misdeeds were exaggerated by the Goody Two Shoes moralism of the early Democratic contests. The Biden videotape merely coupled the Senator's public words with those of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rebirth of John Sasso | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

The Massachusetts Governor's resounding finale last week -- victories with more than 60% of the vote in California, New Jersey, Montana and New Mexico -- gave him more than enough delegates to win the nomination in Atlanta. It also prompted three of his vanquished adversaries -- Richard Gephardt, Bruce Babbitt and Paul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready To Play Ball? | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

And, for a while, no one could accuse him of failing to deliver on that promise. Reagan showed little interest in getting to know Soviet leaders. He proposed a dubious and potentially destabilizing scheme for space-based defenses. In a speech that will be remembered long after he leaves office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plus Ca Change . . . Soviet-American relations stay the same, even under Reagan | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

"Are these rhetorical questions? I have a headache."

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Stigma of a Harvard Degree | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

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