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George Chambers, lead guitar, belts out The Olivz tumbling melodies with a kind of blaring precision. He's fond of decibels--lots of them at once--but adds that "there's more to it than just sheer energy. There's melody...
...only by sheer attrition, Bush will prevail over Buchanan and win renomination. In the meantime, the question is whether Bush's advisers can prevent the struggle from diminishing the President's chances in the fall. If Bush faces Bill Clinton in November, the President's aides think that their boss's World War II heroism and image as a devoted family man will compare favorably to the Arkansas Governor's record on at least those two scores. But the Democratic nominee, whoever it turns out to be, will be harder to beat if Buchanan keeps knocking the President off balance...
...hockey-size rink. Scuttling along a sheet of ice, brushing away bumps with a broom to clear the path of a flat, slow-moving stone. Or ducking one's head, bracing one's breakables and trying to hurtle faster than a sports car down a short stretch of sheer slope, sans turns, sans twists and sans breathing...
Much of the discussion of vulture scenarios is being prompted by sheer panic among officeholders who fear that a weak presidential candidate will drag down the whole ticket. Like opening-night stage fright, that panic could dissipate as voting begins and, perhaps, one of the present candidates proves stronger than anyone expected...
...Important?--philosophical significance. Can the world survive without knowing the answer to the correspondent's letter? Range: 1 (irrelevant) to 5 (sheer human drama...