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...there must be something to these inelegant pep rallies, some reason millions of normal citizens jump up and down in town halls and public squares, and shout themselves hoarse for candidates they can barely hear, saying things they all have heard before. Go get 'im, Fritz! Four more years! Maybe they're cheering the system. Maybe they're cheering themselves. Odd to think that at the center of the orgy lies the center of the country, the nation's history and reason for being resuscitated and kept alive in the tooting of a horn...
...When you open the door and hear them shout, 'Tricks or treats,' " he said at a rally on Halloween, "remember they are describing the Republican tax plan-treats for the very wealthy and the big corporations, and tricks for everyone else." Even if it had not been the most edifying of campaigns, the two candidates seemed determined to go out in Style...
...step up to the $250 window and bet a bundle at Keeneland, the racecourse in Lexington, Ky. Nor did she twirl any lariats when she visited a splendid cowboy supply shop in Sheridan, Wyo. (pop. 15,146), or shout "Yippee-yi-o-ay-yay" at her home away from home on the range. Nonetheless, to the eager people who got a glimpse of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and Defender of the Faith, during her trip through the American heartland last week, her mere presence was showy enough. "She's approachable," marveled Bud Precise, a Methodist minister...
...want anybody telling me how I have to look, and I don't want to tell anybody, 'This is what you have to do.' " Most of her colleagues no longer want to play king. Says Armani: "If the press is going to shout so much about my 18-in. skirts, I shall renounce paternity." In one sense he already has: all his skirts will be shipped to stores at knee length, leaving the exact specifications up to the purchaser. Gianfranco Ferre, who showed minis, thought the whole fuss was show biz. Said he: "I keep the same...
Nonetheless, the surprising robustness of the economic expansion so far has hurt the credibility of the doomsayers. Says Economist Edward Yardeni of Prudential-Bache Securities, who admits to being uncertain about the impact of the budget: "After hearing most economists shout wolf for two years about the deficit, people are starting to wonder whether the supply-siders might be right after all." The swift recovery has made it difficult for Mondale to exploit the budget issue against Reagan...