Word: candidates
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Ellmann's account of this lamentable affair is candid and sympathetic. "Bosie" Douglas, 16 years Wilde's junior, had a taste for casual, commercial sex and induced Wilde to follow this lead. The older man was the innocent: "What seems to characterize all Wilde's affairs is that he got to know the boys as individuals, treated them handsomely, allowed them to refuse his attentions without becoming rancorous, and did not corrupt them. They were already prostitutes." That Wilde was careless, selfish and inconsiderate toward his faithful wife and his children is beyond dispute. But he did not deserve being...
...smile as her husband launched himself back in the spotlight. She said what was expected: "I've always believed in Gary. I never stopped believing in him." But a day later, when a raunchy taunt or two soured the comeback, the portrait of the political wife was, in a candid moment, etched in pain. As she rode through a storm of gray sleet in the backseat of a borrowed van, Lee Hart's eyes welled with tears. "I don't want Gary to be President -- that's his wish," she confessed. "But I don't want...
Miller also downplayed Bennett's chances as a presidential contender at Michigan. "Secretary Bennett has always been frank and candid about his views on higher education. He realizes that it is highly unlikely that any institute of higher education would seriously consider him as a president," Miller said...
...Making of McPaper (Andrews, McMeel & Parker; $19.95), written by Peter Prichard, a USA Today editor, is that rare thing: a candid corporate history. Authorized by Neuharth, the book chronicles the bruised egos and near breakdowns that marked the paper's early years. In 1984 Neuharth shocked his top executives with a banquet made to resemble the Last Supper. Wearing a crown of thorns, Neuharth called himself the "crucified one" and warned that they would be "passed over" if costs were not cut. After Publisher Cathleen Black wrote a memo complaining that she was "publisher in title only," Neuharth scribbled obscenities...
Never before during his reign has John Paul heard a more candid, widely publicized presentation on church discord from a group of bishops. And never before had U.S. Catholics -- priests and laity alike -- been told so plainly by the Pontiff that they should not consider themselves good Catholics unless they accept all of the church's teachings. "Dissent from church doctrine remains what it is: dissent," he declared. "As such it may not be proposed or received on an equal footing with the church's authentic teaching...