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Mehlman would say: America is changing. Contrary to conventional wisdom, our political parties are very strong. Most independents are actually partisans who refuse to describe themselves as such. The number of “ticket-splitters” has been cut in half since 1988—from 16 to eight percent. And our country is closely divided. Until last year, no presidential candidate had won a majority of the popular vote since the President’s father ran 17 years ago. Americans face a wealth of information, and a poverty of attention. The average home...
Maybe they should take a hint from “Dr. Richard Massey,” whose biggest breaks have come from the wisdom...
...maybe NBC President Jeff Zucker ’86 ought to steal a different piece of theological wisdom: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here...
...disputes of nation states in single combat. By his side as he spars and reasons with Mikhail Gorbachev will be three top aides: Secretary of State George Shultz, National Security Adviser Robert ("Bud") McFarlane and White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan. The President will depend heavily on the wisdom and counsel of this small coterie of advisers and a larger supporting cast both in Geneva and in Washington. Any deal the U.S. might conceivably work out with the Soviets will be as much their product as the President...
Infidelity in the movies, in all contemporary fiction, is seen as a mostly middle-class affliction. The other ranks may be portrayed as beery bigots or cheery peddlers of homely wisdom, and they may be permitted any form of luxury that can be purchased on the installment plan. But the indulgences that are paid for in painful scenes and sleepless nights are usually denied the working class...