Unconventional wisdom
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Four suggestions are given to minimize hazards associated with political conventions. First, the keynoter must be eliminated. The next suggestion is to deep-six the platform before it is written. In addition, the vice-presidential nomination should be preselected. Finally, the conventions should be downsized.
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 1996
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Last of the Muckrakers
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Reporter Jack Anderson's book entitled 'Confessions of Muckracker' tells about investigative reporting in Washington, DC, from the late 1940s to the 1990s. Anderson maintains that reporting has not changed much in the last half century and that scandals still manage to elicit significant attention.
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 1997
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Hoods on the hill: how mobsters and television changed politics in America
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The 1951 televised hearings of the Select Senate Committee to Investigate Interstate Crime were the first TV broadcasts of government proceedings. The history of this investigation into Frank Costello's mafia is detailed.
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 1992
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