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...there was a difference between the two candidates. Dukakis was simply too inarticulate to express that difference until the waning days of the campaign. He could have won this election, but like most politicians he lacked the fortitude to tamper with the electorate, and take his chances with a volatile group of new voters with no prior allegiences...
...Most experts, however, argue that Murdoch is far too astute a businessman to tamper with TV Guide's winning formula. The moment competing networks suspected that they were not getting equal treatment in TV Guide, they would almost certainly pull their advertising. If anything, says Barry Diller, Fox's chief executive, the fledgling network will operate at a slight disadvantage. "A magazine has to retain its credibility, or it's lost," he maintains. "The natural instinct of the people operating TV Guide will be to bend over backward to ensure that there's no appearance of favoritism...
...their part, ATV owners warn that they will fiercely oppose Johnny-come- lately attempts to tamper with their sport. "I spent a lot of money on this thing," says Mike Leutzinger of Ironton, Mo., as he stands astride his ATV on the Black River. "Where else can you ride 'em? You can't ride 'em on the highway. You can't ride 'em in the woods. They're closing off the trails. This," says Leutzinger, pointing at the churned-up Black River...
...room with all the bearing of veteran road hogs. Their bravado is largely superficial. "Deep down, these guys realize it isn't B.J. and the Bear out there on the highway," says a recruiter. The real road is tougher than the school, but at this point, who wants to tamper with romantic illusions? "At the jail, all I learned was about the bad people," recalls Hernandez. "In the truck, you get the chance to learn something about yourself...
Bobis does not tamper with Zindel's script, preferring to heighten the psychological tension of the family's fights. If the performers (particularly Duffy) stumble a bit on their lines or technical problems plague their delivery, they nonetheless manage to make the eccentric premise of Zindel's play seem convincing...