Word: wising
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BILOXI BLUES. Neil Simon's wartime cliches are smartly polished by Director Mike Nichols and sharply worn by Matthew Broderick (as a wise-guy G.I.) and Christopher Walken (his tough sarge...
...Dukakis cringes from the Carter comparisons, recalling negative polls and hostages more than policy achievements. Bush is also attuned to past polls--after all, his model, Reagan, was one of the most popular presidents. But Dukakis would be wise to avoid a game he cannot and should not want to win. Rhetoric and dubious records are what he should be running against; a substantive record like Carter's is what he should be proposing...
...ethics in government, Dukakis would be wise to follow Carter's lead. Carter's one ethical liability, Bert Lance, was never convicted of any crime. This administration certainly outdid his record with its influence-peddling officials, ideologues-gone-astray, and just plain crooks--from Michael Deaver, Lyn Nofziger, and Edwin Meese to Oliver North, John Poindexter, and William Casey to Anne Gorsuch, Rita Lavelle, and Raymond Donovan. Carter got Lance to resign, even after he was found innocent, while Reagan ignored rampant corruption...
...acolyte immediately recognized the dilemma. "I don't want to lie," he said, "but neither do I want to be beaten. What should I do?" The wise old philosopher, who is now no doubt a Presidential campaign consultant, replied, "Then you must only laugh and say, 'This boy! Ha Ha Ha! Look at this...
Dean Spence would be wise to follow MSA's advice; he would be wiser still to accept the full thrust of the MSA report and to formulate a centralized program of action. As the report clearly indicates, it is not enough to leave such goals in the hands of individual departments...