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...reporter Lippmann is by self-concession unqualified and unaspiring, consistently ignores opportunities for scoops. As an artificer of foreign policy, he locks himself in his quiet citadel, far from the diplomatic battleground where fragile theories, however finely spun, can die. As his convictions change and his errors become apparent, he abandons previous positions without apology. This can be confusing, especially to the dogged few who follow him with the patience, the tuition and the comprehension with which any serious Lippmann reader must come fully endowed...
...fast-growing, already seam-split junior college on the outskirts of Los Angeles is likely to be the battleground for California's hottest educational fight during the next few months. The issue at Compton College: President Paul Martin's use-or misuse, depending on which violently opposed viewpoint is taken-of educational television. Within the college, teachers mutter moodily of "1984"-or support Martin enthusiastically. Outside, bitter opposition is building; a few days ago the 90,000-member California Teachers Association condemned Compton's plan, asked the University of California to consider refusing to recognize credits earned...
What followed was the famed "War of the Sopranos," with La Scala the battleground. While Callas bit off larger and larger chunks of the Scala repertory, Tebaldi withdrew completely. To a friend she said: "Two cocks are too many for one chicken coop...
...House gap on Democrats or, at worst, to forestall a Democratic landslide. Last week TIME correspondents traveled through the Midwest, reported on issues and outlook. Their major conclusion: far from booming back in their traditional bastion, Republicans are fighting desperately to hold their own on a bloody political battleground. The facts behind the findings...
With so many races being contested so closely, the bloody Midwestern battleground offers chances for a congressional sweep by either party. But in the old Republican heartland the Democrats are now clearly running horse races instead of turkey trots in district after district-and the Republicans can no longer count on these historic precincts to make up for deficiencies elsewhere...