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...states of the Old Confederacy, but not by a wide enough margin to offset Ford's lead of 44% to 41% in the rest of the country. Ford is heavily dependent on the Western states for his support. He is weaker than was anticipated in the Midwest. The breakdown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME POLL: The Race Turns into a Dead Heat | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

...addition to shoring up the infant affirmative action plan, Leonard pushed it beyond where other Ivy League schools long abandoned it. In 1973 he forced Harvard departments and faculties to prepare a hiring breakdown, and although the process took two years to carry out, Harvard's action prompted other major institutions to follow suit...

Author: By Nicole Seligman, | Title: A goodbye to Walter J. Leonard | 10/9/1976 | See Source »

...breakdown of the gifts show that foundations and alumni giving accounted for most of the increases over last year. Foundation giving rose from $11 million in 1974-75 to $15 million in 1975-76. Alumni gifts rose from $10 million to $15 million...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: University Gets $59 Million In Private Gifts for 1975-76 | 10/8/1976 | See Source »

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Author: By John Donley and Gay Seidman, S | Title: Study of Harvard Class of 1971 Shows Nearly All Have Gone to Grad School | 10/7/1976 | See Source »

...damaged," said Louis Koenig, professor of government at New York University. Historian Theodore Kovaleff of Barnard College disagreed: "Carter went in a clear leader and he came out looking terribly poor." Asked who won, Northwestern University Political Scientist Louis Masotti replied with a derisive comment on the audio breakdown, "The Luddites," a reference to the early 19th century workers who smashed machines in protest against industrialization. Added Masotti: "Carter came across as a Southern Baptist preacher, and Ford was reciting high school platitudes. I may not go to the polls in November. I just can't get up for this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: When Their Power Failed | 10/4/1976 | See Source »

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