Word: seem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...debates only worsened the problem, and increasing their number in the future is unlikely to refocus campaigns on the issues. Debates, like ads, overemphasize the personalities of the candidates. They seem to satisfy some primitive urge to see rivals go after each other man-to-man, and have all the farce and hoopla of a professional wrestling match...
...former State Judge Hortense Gabel, who once presided over Capasso's divorce case. Myerson, formerly New York City cultural-affairs commissioner, is accused of putting Gabel's daughter Sukhreet on the public payroll in order to get Gabel to lower Capasso's alimony payments. Many New Yorkers seem less offended by Myerson's alleged misdeeds than by the behavior of Sukhreet, 39, who cheerfully testified for eight days against her 75-year-old mother. "This is what she wanted her whole life, to be an actress. She doesn't care who she's hurting," says Warren Shalit, 58, a retired...
Somehow, that doesn't seem to matter so much anymore...
...Looking back on this year," Peterson says, "I've realized it's a funny game. Things that went our way last year just don't seem to be going our way this year...
Secondary: Last year it was a weak spot. This year it is just as suspect. Jim Smith, the best athlete in the backfield, has moved from safety to cornerback. Henry Olson has had a tough time. Opposing quarterbacks seem to pick on him. Look for Olson to stun the Elis with a pair of interceptions in The Game...