Word: self-doubt
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Occasionally, Hartman's folksiness curdles into a gee-whizzy naivete, but the man who prides himself on posing the questions the viewer would ask is not given to self-doubt. Told of a comment by NBC's Friedman that "David Hartman is getting older and more tired," Hartman does not bat an eye. "Well, I am getting older," he says as he finishes his stretching exercises on the floor of his ABC office. "That's quite an observation." But is David Hartman weary? "I'm just as excited about this job as I ever was." So saying, Hartman...
Kirkpatrick's cult standing with the party's ruling right wing was firmly established last summer, when her attack on "the San Francisco Democrats," whom she blamed for an era of national self-doubt, drew a foot-stamping response at the Republican Convention in Dallas. While her departure from the Administration was somewhat strained, Reagan went to considerable lengths to retain her. Though it has never been mentioned publicly, Secretary of State George Shultz offered her a job as his deputy. Kirkpatrick has continued to please conservative supporters with calls for an assertive U.S. foreign policy. She has been especially...
...Madonna, TIME Show Business Correspondent Denise Worrell joined the trash-flash star's concert tour for a week, traveling from Dallas to Houston to Austin to New Orleans. "I was surprised by her face," says Worrell. "It is beautiful and strange, very pure, and free of all indecision and self-doubt." Backstage before a concert, Madonna tried on a white leather vest and a miniskirt layered with fringe. Recalls Worrell: "Twirling before a mirror, fringe flying, she sang out, 'If I ever married a cowboy, this is what I'd wear!' And she would...
...Wells and in 1914 bore him a son; meanwhile, her writing began to attract attention. She produced fiction, biography, history, criticism and a steady supply of journalism. She espoused feminism in its early wave and patriotism during the period after World War II when her native England reeled with self-doubt. Although she died in 1983, at age 90, Dame Rebecca remains in prominent view. Last year an unflattering portrait by her son, Author Anthony West, stirred up old friends and enemies. Now comes the news that the West estate has released six manuscripts, which Viking will publish...
Adding to its self-doubt, the party now faces a threat on an unexpected front: Mitterrand's conduct of foreign affairs. A strong supporter of NATO, an advocate of European cooperation and a defender of France's traditional role in Africa and the Third World, Mitterrand had won at least tacit support for his policies even among his detractors. No longer...