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For now let it be noted that presidential nicknames have dwindled in our century, from "The Hero of San Juan Hill," who sported 17, to "Tricky Dick," who needed but one. Either we are growing less fond of our leaders, or they are growing further away from us. In any...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Is Reagan Dutch or O & W? | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

As in other states, the President must hold together an unwieldy ethnic mix of blacks, Jews and rural white conservatives -a tricky balancing act under the best of circumstances. Blacks show no sign of defecting. The problem is to get them to vote. The rural whites in the Florida panhandle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Jackpot States | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

The 27th film by Akira Kurosawa, 70, Kagemusha sounds like tricky, plot-laden political melodrama. Indeed, there is a lot of story here. On the other hand, there is a lot of film here too, more than 2½ hours of it, even in a truncated "international version." The considerable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shadow Warrior | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

His scheme has a certain charm. He writes his memoirs, mailing them back o headquarters-and to the Soviets, the Chinese and anyone else who might be professionally interested. The agency falls all over itself trying to apprehend him before the final revelations can undo its secret activities completely. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sly Spy | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

The problem for the candidates as they strive to gain every edge- overt and subliminal-is tricky: How can they wake the viewers up and still appear cool and presidential?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Taking Those Spot Shots | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

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