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...School professor does believe, however, that the Democrats have a shot at the national contest in November. This depends on many factors, particularly the Republicans' choice of a nominee. "If it's Bush, I'll hold by my prediction. the Democrats can win," says Kalb of the wayward Vice President...

Author: By Eli G. Attie, | Title: Presenting Candidates to the People | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...grandchildren are always telling me what a reactionary old bastard I am." He enjoys citing the saying that a newspaper should "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." But Wiggins can be a softy too. His reporters remember his weeping when a Christmas caroler from a home for wayward boys put his arms around him. Then there is the Wiggins who laughs until he tears. He passes on the latest story from his friend and sailing partner, Walter -- Cronkite, that is. Greeting visitors to his 1802 Federal house are life-size cutout figures of Frank and Ed, the yokels from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Maine: A Town and Its Paper | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

...Ever since then we've been trying to find a legal way to get rid of the tree," said Lampoon President David S. Cohen '88. "We've been thinking of making it a home for wayward gypsy moths...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: If It's Town vs. Gown, Vellucci is There | 1/13/1988 | See Source »

...SPORT OF NATURE by Nadine Gordimer. In her ninth novel, the distinguished South African writer tells the visionary story of a wayward young white woman's efforts to help turn her homeland over to its long-suffering inhabitants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Best of '87: Books | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

Occasionally, when a wayward voter rebuffed their earnest entreaties, they dropped to their knees to pray for the misguided soul heading toward the ballot boxes in the crowded Ames, Iowa, arena. But when their candidate finally strode onto the podium with the beaming countenance of a man blessed with faith in the righteousness of his path, the campaign workers leaped off their feet in joy. Leaning forward with the mild-mannered charm of a televangelist talking to a camera, yet drawing on the rhythmic cadences of a polished preacher, the Rev. Pat Robertson delivered an ecumenical version of the message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Portrait, Robertson: His Eyes Have Seen the Glory | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

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