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Just after the venom of the infamous 44-game losing streak finally wore off, this hideous creature has attacked again. This time, it has ripped into the core of the team's offense...
...crack drive-time team at one of Cape Cod's largest radio stations began repeating the story, complete with sirens in the background, advising listeners that they too could avoid tickets if only they had a Governor riding in the backseat. The "Backseat Governor" spots tapped a well of venom toward Dukakis, who recently jacked up registration and driver's-license fees as well as speeding fines. In response to callers, workers at WCOD began making cardboard cutouts -- no redundancy intended -- of the Duke suitable for backseat duty. The first batch of 100 propped-up caricatures sold out immediately...
...motivation of his judges in the Senate, who he implied were hypocrites pursuing the partisan politics of personal pique. "Is it an acceptable standard for Senators late in the evening who've had a few drinks . . . ((to)) vote on vital issues of nuclear deterrence?" Tower asked with rhetorical venom. "Is it an acceptable standard for Senators to accept honorariums, PAC contributions and paid vacations from special interests...
...texts are indeed rife with distortions, deletions and historical venom. One book, for example, offers a bizarre assessment of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. According to this text, "international opinion viewed this 'crime of the century' as the deed of ultra-rightists linked to the CIA and carrying out the will of the oil magnates of Texas." Texts on Soviet history tend to celebrate triumph after triumph, from the success of the Revolution to victory in World War II to the launch of Sputnik. They gloss over Stalin's purges, the starvation of millions during the collectivization of farms...