#RFB-11000262Reading: Fill in the BlanksAcademic,CoreHard

Good Looks

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It is tempting to try to prove that good looks win votes, and many academics have tried. The [blank] is that beauty is in the eye of the [blank] , and you cannot behold a politician's face without a veil of extraneous prejudice getting in the way. Does George Bush possess a disarming grin or a facetious [blank] ? It's hard to find anyone who can look at the president without assessing him politically as well as [blank] .

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It is tempting to try to prove that good looks win votes, and many academics have tried. The difficulty is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder , and you cannot behold a politician's face without a veil of extraneous prejudice getting in the way. Does George Bush possess a disarming grin or a facetious smirk ? It's hard to find anyone who can look at the president without assessing him politically as well as physically .
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