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...fact that the same Republican voters who stampeded to Reagan's banner of radical reform now embrace Bush as the rightful heir speaks loudly about the complacent state of the Grand Old Party. Says Ed Rollins, an alumnus of the Reagan White House who chaired Kemp's campaign: "The kinds of conservatives who were Reagan rebels in 1976 and 1980 have become comfortable with being part of the Establishment. Bush has done a good job persuading these people that he'll protect the Reagan agenda and that they can trust...
...Scroll and Key alumnus who asked not to be identified said, "I know it will change the nature of encounters [between members] by necessity." He added "all that may enrichen the experience but it also may complicate...
...alumnus said although there were advantages to the "platonic, single-sex relationships" that the clubs foster, he did not oppose the decision to admit women. He said he might not have voted for the change, but that his opinion "wasn't solicited...
...alumnus who did not wish to be identified said charges of networking are "all bullshit. There was a time when all the right families belonged but then [they were just] picking up from where they left off at the Cape...
...same alumnus said Harvard final club members were not likely to take notice of the Scroll and Key decision. "Harvard's so arrogant it's not going to follow anything Yale does," he said...