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...covey of Presidents who shivered through the Nixon rites owed their days of glory in varying degrees to Richard Nixon, either for his help or his failure. Ronald Reagan, a Democrat until the early 1960s, recalls how his growing disenchantment with the party inspired him to go talk with Nixon. "I'd grown up a Democrat, but I told Nixon I've got to be a Republican," Reagan said. "But Nixon asked me to campaign for him as a Democrat, and I did until right at the end. Then I switched...
...question is, Can Kathleen Brown pull it off? Can she subdue not only her Democratic rivals but also incumbent Republican Governor Pete Wilson? By most appearances, she has everything going for her. She has the name. As the youngest daughter of Pat Brown, the revered 1960s Governor who turned 89 last month, and as the kid sister of Jerry Brown, the erratically innovative Governor from 1975 to 1982, Kathleen, 48, is heir to California's most prominent political dynasty. And she has the money, having assiduously raised funds at $25 kaffeeklatsches and $500-a-plate banquets for the past...
...Thalidomide, which caused thousands of birth defects in the 1960s, may one day be used to prevent blindness. In laboratory tests, researchers learned that the drug stops abnormal growth of blood vessels in the eye, which can destroy vision in people with diabetes and other disorders...
...paradox of leadership is that voters are partial to candidates who seem both bigger than they are and yet are also one of them. When Mandela lived underground as an outlaw in the early 1960s and was dubbed the Black Pimpernel by the South African press for his ability to elude the police, his colleagues marveled at how he blended in with the people. He usually disguised himself as a chauffeur; he would don a long dustcoat, hunch his shoulders and, suddenly, this tall, singularly regal figure was transformed into one of the huddled masses moving along the streets...
Karen Kubick, public affairs director at the hospital, confirmed yesterday that Fenton received outpatient care during the 1960s, but she could not specify the type of treatment he received...