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...choosing Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen to share space on his campaign button, Dukakis took a deeply calculated risk, an atypical gamble. Bentsen is not a shoo-in to win Texas, George Bush's adopted state. He could hurt the ticket by being perceived as an affront to the blacks and progressives who backed Jesse Jackson and by sullying the PAC-free sheen of the squeaky-clean Dukakis. And though he is greatly respected in the corridors of the Capitol, Bentsen does not top the list when people daydream about the ideal President of the United States...
Smith found out only three days before the game that he would be starting. James had known about his starting role for a week. But advance warning doesn't shoo away the butterflies...
...only autumn, and with the perennial spate of "serious" autumnal films comes the customary barrage of gushing reviews and banner-size ad copy. "Oscar quality." "A shoo-in for Best Picture." "Academy Award material." And Rex Reed can't be blamed for all of these, though he has managed to skriek more than his fair share of superlatives...
...natural for the part of the hound-dog-eyed Marine. Some would-be casting agents, however, favor Mel Gibson or Harrison Ford. And who better to portray the portly former National Security Adviser John Poindexter than Edward Asner? On the basis of hairstyle alone, Farrah Fawcett is a shoo-in for the part of Ollie's secretary, Fawn Hall. Unless, of course, she beats out Rice Look-Alike Cheryl Ladd for the lead in Donna's story...
...ruling-party candidate can use all the endorsements he can find. A virtual shoo-in under the old system, he will now almost certainly be challenged at the polls by Kim Young Sam. Meanwhile, Kim Dae Jung announced last week that he is reconsidering an earlier pledge not to seek the presidency in this year's election. While such an about-face runs the danger of splitting the opposition, Kim Dae Jung is no newcomer to the campaign | trail. When he ran for President in 1971 he won 46% of the vote...