Read this and answer questions below: The aspiring candidate, we'll call him A, had strong, well-defined positions and a personality that magnetized many and quite as forcefully antagonized others. His supporters were visible and audible throughout the land; his detractors were equally apparent. As the convention neared, A and his remaining viable competitors, B and C, campaigned vigorously about the country. In one major city, a few days before a scheduled debate among the three, the daily newspaper published a paid advertisement warning of dire consequences to the party and to the... Show more Read this and answer questions below: The aspiring candidate, we'll call him A, had strong, well-defined positions and a personality that magnetized many and quite as forcefully antagonized others. His supporters were visible and audible throughout the land; his detractors were equally apparent. As the convention neared, A and his remaining viable competitors, B and C, campaigned vigorously about the country. In one major city, a few days before a scheduled debate among the three, the daily newspaper published a paid advertisement warning of dire consequences to the party and to the nation if A were to be the party's candidate but making no specific threats against any one person. On the same day, a message arrived at A's local headquarters and another at a radio station. These messages made direct threats against A's person and his family. A's advisers suggested that he bow out of this debate, but A refused to succumb to pressure and threats. In the course of an investigation to locate the source of the threats and to forestall violence, the following statements were made: (1) Jean Ramirez, an employee in the newspaper's advertising department, stated that three days before the ad appeared, a man with a bass voice had called and had asked many questions about sizes of ads and relative costs but had not placed an order. (2) George Tagawa of the newspaper's mailroom stated that the ad had not arrived in the mail but had been slipped through a door slot during the night. (3) Warren Wiltz, advertising manager of the newspaper, stated that the correct payment, in cash, accompanied copy for the advertisement. (4) Dan Jenkins, a volunteer in A's headquarters, stated that upon opening the office he had found the threats in an envelope that had been pushed under the door. (5) Padma Loomba, a forensic expert, stated that the advertisement and the threat appeared to have come from the same typewriter. (6) Ryan Seltzer of the radio station stated that the threat received at the station was made by telephone and that the caller was a woman. (7) Joe Dawes, a well-known opponent of A, stated that he had been in another city on business when the threats were delivered. (8) Betty Maloney, a supporter of C, stated that the ad and threats were planted by A's own committee to elicit extra sympathy for A and to cast vague suspicions about his opponents. (9) Bob Howard, a homeless person who had previously been a patient in a mental hospital, stated in his bass-pitched voice that he was responsible for the ad and threats. (10) Molly Yin, a police informer, stated that she could not name her sources, but that a sniper would be stationed in a basement apartment along the route usually taken from the airport to the hotel at which A would be staying. Show less
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The aspiring candidate, we'll call him A, had strong, well-defined positions and a personality that magnetized many and quite as forcefully antagonized others. His supporters were visible and audible throughout the land; his detractors were equally apparent. As the convention neared, A and his remaining viable competitors, B and C, campaigned vigorously about the country. In one major city, a few days before a scheduled debate among the three, the daily newspaper published a paid advertisement warning of dire consequences to the party and to the nation if A were to be the party's candidate but making no specific threats against any one person. On the same day, a message arrived at A's local headquarters and another at a radio station. These messages made direct threats against A's person and his family. A's advisers suggested that he bow out of this debate, but A refused to succumb to pressure and threats. In the course of an investigation to locate the source of the threats and to forestall violence, the following statements were made: (1) Jean Ramirez, an employee in the newspaper's advertising department, stated that three days before the ad appeared, a man with a bass voice had called and had asked many questions about sizes of ads and relative costs but had not placed an order. (2) George Tagawa of the newspaper's mailroom stated that the ad had not arrived in the mail but had been slipped through a door slot during the night. (3) Warren Wiltz, advertising manager of the newspaper, stated that the correct payment, in cash, accompanied copy for the advertisement. (4) Dan Jenkins, a volunteer in A's headquarters, stated that upon opening the office he had found the threats in an envelope that had been pushed under the door. (5) Padma Loomba, a forensic expert, stated that the advertisement and the threat appeared to have come from the same typewriter. (6) Ryan Seltzer of the radio station stated that the threat received at the station was made by telephone and that the caller was a woman. (7) Joe Dawes, a well-known opponent of A, stated that he had been in another city on business when the threats were delivered. (8) Betty Maloney, a supporter of C, stated that the ad and threats were planted by A's own committee to elicit extra sympathy for A and to cast vague suspicions about his opponents. (9) Bob Howard, a homeless person who had previously been a patient in a mental hospital, stated in his bass-pitched voice that he was responsible for the ad and threats. (10) Molly Yin, a police informer, stated that she could not name her sources, but that a sniper would be stationed in a basement apartment along the route usually taken from the airport to the hotel at which A would be staying.
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