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...victorious Republicans received a lot of unsolicited help from the various right-wing organizations that have sprung up to combat liberalism, like the National Conservative Political Action Committee. But it is questionable how much these groups accomplished. For the most part, the G.O.P. candidates rejected their strident tactics, fearing a backlash. In general, the Republicans won because their opponents had grown too liberal for their states. Yet the conservative groups may have become a permanent feature of the political landscape. In Oklahoma, for example, the Protestant Moral Majority supported a born-again Catholic, State Senator Don Nickles, who overcame...
...prediction that the tendency to fabricate facts and rely on mistaken public opinion would have dire consequences came true, taking on tragic proportions in Vietnam. This time, however, the professionals and experts he trusted were the ones to casually deceive the public and betray his confidence. Ostracized for his strident criticism of the war, Lippmann actively encouraged radical protest...
...energy and environment, security and human rights. A man who arouses no strong feelings of loyalty, Carter has found himself at the mercy of events with little support on Capitol Hill or in the country. He may lapse into demagoguery on the campaign trail, zapping Reagan, but he abhors strident oratory when trying to sell a program, and his soft-sell approach undermines his effect as a leader...
...campaign. From the outset, the President and his advisers had meant to make Ronald Reagan the man the issue in the race. Instead, with only three weeks to go, it was Carter who was the issue, and he had only himself to blame. Time and again, Carter's strident personal attacks had crossed the line of propriety for a presidential campaign. When he did it again last week, charging that Reagan's election would split the nation along racial, religious and sectional lines, there was no need for the Republicans to cry foul: the chorus of condemnation from...
Linsley runs with a steady, tireless stride, upright and gazing ahead impassively, a style reminiscent of her sister, Sarah, Crimson captain two years ago. Beckford churns through the miles with a strident, bouncing gait, the strained look on her face contrasting the graceful motion of her muscular limbs...