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...results may have primarily reflected the sway of personality politics, a phenomenon familiar to Americans but less known to Britons. Right up to the photo finish, the gentlemanly, mild-mannered Major bested Labour leader Neil Kinnock in popularity polls by 10 points. Although Kinnock delivered a slick performance that outshone Major's on the campaign trail, he could not shake the widely held perception that he is a rather ruthless opportunist who -- Bill Clinton, take note -- is not entirely to be trusted. Polls indicated that if Labour's shadow chancellor, the brainy, witty John Smith, had been party leader, Labour...
Just imagine--slick, unscrupulous admen coming up with the lines in between shots at their mini-basketball net ["Hey Michael, how about this one: `Smart golfers never play through without a tea.' (Swish) "sounds great, Elliot! Whaddaya' think about `if you need to get somewhere, take the Tea.' (Swish...
With thousands of jobs at stake, industry leaders have launched a hard-sell campaign, dubbed U.S. Jobs Now, which features a slick video sent to Capitol Hill lawmakers. "We have a potential customer, and we're trying to make sure that customer gets a fair shake inside the U.S.," says John Capellupo, the president of McDonnell Aircraft. The contractors' argument is that if the U.S. turns down the deal, the Saudis will go to a European manufacturer. The Saudis have 96 F-15s, which they began acquiring in the early 1980s, but when the U.S. refused sales in mid-decade...
...pilgrims carry crosses on their journey, but this year they may feel inclined to brandish signs that say TOURISTS GO HOME! The source of their ire: New Mexico's tourism department, which is hyping the local shrine as the "Lourdes of America" in full-page ads in a dozen slick magazines, including Travel & Leisure, Holiday and Southern Living...
...sounds that eventually became known as rock 'n' roll. Even after the British invasion of the 1960s, black rockers like Jimi Hendrix, the Ohio Players, and Sly and the Family Stone danced back and forth across the color line. That ended with the disco era of the 1970s, whose slick, producer-driven, synthesizer-motorized tunes created a racial schism in pop music that has yet to mend...