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They may not use all of it, of course, and some of the shots may misfire. Platforms are at the disposal of the presidential candidates, who can appropriate as much or as little of them as they please. They have even been known to dip into the enemy camp for supplies. Still, this year's platforms, hammered out with diligence and zeal, are an eloquent refutation of the canard that parties in America do not stand for anything. They stand for plenty - and they stand apart...
...honest, when everyone is so incredible?" Remember: chances are you're every bit as incredible as anyone else here, but don't let that assumption develop into overweening arrogance. The best approach is to play the game without sacrificing substance for style. It's probably healthy to dip into the fray, rather than pretend to rise well above it by hanging out with those people you knew before you came here...
...loss of three helicopters. That still left five out of the original force of eight, and the Pentagon felt that it needed only four to pluck the hostages out of the embassy. But the planners feared they might lose two or more helicopters during the rescue attempt and dip below the minimum. Why not start out with more than eight choppers? The more aircraft in the air, the Pentagon argues, the higher the risk of their being spotted and the greater the chance that some would be forced down. On this point the Pentagon was strongly supported by Shimon Peres...
...defeats were not sufficient cause to change the Rose Garden strategy that has worked well for four months, ever since he vowed to stay off the hustings until the American hostages are released in Tehran. Carter Campaign Chief Robert Strauss insisted that the primary losses were "only a dip in the road" to the convention. Other advisers maintained that they were the price the President had to pay for making tough political decisions like cutting the budget. They also argued that because pre-primary polls showed Carter with huge leads in Connecticut and New York, many voters figured that they...
...cloths in boxes outside the huts and announced that any prisoners who failed to wipe their feet on the cloth would be beaten. Wrote Crouter: "I am rather confused over Japanese politeness and tea ceremony in comparison with the Sergeant offering to slap any woman who wouldn't dip her feet into the door box. Like us, their nature is capable of contradictions, but they could cut down on the bows when they are in the slapping phase...