Word: sell
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...human rights. A man who arouses no strong feelings of loyalty, Carter has found himself at the mercy of events with little support on Capitol Hill or in the country. He may lapse into demagoguery on the campaign trail, zapping Reagan, but he abhors strident oratory when trying to sell a program, and his soft-sell approach undermines his effect as a leader...
...fact, when the presidential entourage emerged into the mid-day sunshine it was Ted Kennedy and not the candidate who received the warmest reception. The most favorite of all New England sons provoked a particularly loud round of cheering by smiling at a banner that admonished, "Ted: Don't Sell Principles For Peanuts...
...make a deal" with the high schoolers--a Presidential day-off-from-class in exchange for the students' support. Fists raised, the entire Friars squadbellowedits approval and led a cheer of "Jim-my...Jim-my!" Only the robed priests who run Columbus High and unwittingly allowed their charges to sell their political souls for a day of hookie looked uncomfortable. Carter began a tirade against third-party candidates (e.g. John Anderson) with an attentive, cheerful audience...
...most likely to upset people who see Santini is the refusal, as in life, of its volatile mix of comedy and tragedy to fall into a convenient narrative pattern. That and the lack of superstar names probably explain the film's failure in six test markets, prompting Orion to sell it to cable before they could be persuaded to give it a New York opening. Thanks to the huge success of that engagement, you may at last get your chance to see it in a local theatre...
...Clash's first American release, Give 'Em Enough Rope, barely nudged the lower reaches of the Top 200 album charts but import sales of its debut LP and singles were so strong that the British punk quartet was able to sell out a 12-date tour of 2-3,000 seat halls in February, 1979. English new wave bands 999, Magazine, Gang of Four, Penetration, Ultravox and Sham 69 toured America without the benefit of a Stateside recording contract--acts of unprecedented chutzpah and optimism--and found enthusiastic crowds already familiar with the music packing their club dates. The Gang...