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...confident of the integrity of your Governor," said the President. "I would be very surprised if he did anything that could be called malfeasance." But one Thompson aide conceded that although the Governor "has not done anything illegal," the accusations of impropriety were damaging "especially when tied to a rotten economy," So Stevenson continues to gain despite his languid campaigning style. The Democrat's coffers, which a few months ago held less than $5,000, are now brimming with $650,000-still less than half the amount the incumbent has raised. White House political operatives acknowledge that Thompson...
...race can sometimes degenerate into a very base affair. There is a fine line between good physical fun and dangerous violence. It seems to me that everyone would be better off if, next year, a little of the danger were removed by banning ammunition like eggs and apples. Rotten tomatoes, water balloons, and a host of other effective and disgusting projectiles are enough to keep the race interesting...
...power. Then the United States, rightly perceived as the ally of repression, will lose another potential friend to the Soviet camp. The bitter fruit of 1954 is already tough enough to digest. Imagine the revulsion if that fruit, a product of narrow-minded. cruel policy, turns rotten...
...Bent overplays Hochepaix, greatly underestimating the audience's ability to understand far from subtle shades of meaning. It is enough to be told that Hochepaix waged a campaign against Ventroux in which he called Ventroux names such as "traitor," "rotten egg," "stool pigeon," and "decaying garbage." Bent's winking and gesturing to the audience whenever he says something sarcastic is a bit extraneous...
...consistently taken his picture with a wide angle lens. And even if the scene is always filtered through that unique character, the Bellow hero, much of Bellow's reputation owes to his ability to bind up magically a very incoherent world. In taking on the problems of the rotten heart of the city. Bellow performs an act of considerable artistic bravery as well as one of hubris...