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Quayle's first instinct to avoid answering a "hypothetical" question was right. He simply lacked the presence of mind and the knowledge to squelch that hoary journalistic dog. What did the reporters have in mind -- a President dying of a lingering illness, downed by a terrorist missile in Air Force One over the Mediterranean, resigning because of scandal? A Vice President's response would be different in each situation...
This biographer can hardly be blamed for the perverse effects of the Salinger case, i.e., the ability of an author who has not published a word since 1965 to squelch other words well into the litigious future. Nor is it Donaldson's fault that Susan Cheever's Home Before Dark scooped him by revealing her father's bisexuality. These handicaps are difficult but not necessarily ruinous. Unfortunately, John Cheever, which is certain to command wide attention because of its subject's fame, displays a range of self- inflicted weaknesses...
Often Snow's act borders on the offensive. In order to squelch some annoying comments from a heckler, Snow did a series of jokes on pre-menstrual Syndrome. "My period is due in 4 minutes and I could kill you and not go to jail," Snow retorted...
...from pursuing the black vote. Jackson counters that blacks will have more clout with the eventual winner if they unite behind one man. But black leaders dislike the idea of a single broker, especially the unaccountable Jackson. His dominating presence over the years and his presidential bids have helped squelch the emergence of other black figures. Still, black politicians are reluctant to oppose Jackson publicly. "Jesse's getting a private spanking," says Tyrone Brooks, a Georgia legislator who ran Jackson's state campaign in 1984. He openly urges Jackson not to run: "It's a terrible mistake...
Knowledge of the underlying tension at the Fed led many to speculate last week that Volcker had been squeezed out of his job. The outgoing Fed chairman tried to squelch the gossip at President Reagan's press conference announcing the Greenspan appointment. Said Volcker: "I had no feeling that I was being pushed." On the other hand, Treasury Secretary James Baker muddied the waters slightly with an assertion that several attempts had been made "at my level" to get Volcker to stay on for a third term. The implication could be -- and was -- drawn that Reagan himself had declined...