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...only a single percentage point separating him from Nixon. George Wallace has moved up in Florida and may now be able to deny Nixon the state's 14 electoral votes. Republicans are heartened, however, by slippage from the third-party candidate in South Carolina, Arkansas and Georgia. The breakdown...
Many New Yorkers shared that somber view. The city's plight, of course, was not one of physical survival-though some cynics argued that New York's complex ills could only be cured if the metropolis were razed and rebuilt. Its breakdown this fall was one of spirit and nerve, a malaise that affected the tacit assumptions of trust and interdependence without which no organism so vast and disparate can possibly function. In what most responsible citizens concede to be one of the ugliest situations in memory, strikes and the threat of strikes pitted not only union against...
...bother to consult anyone involved for clarification. Thus, rather than assuming what seems to be a natural role of laison between students and instructors of the course, Kilson has seriously inflamed an already tense situation with his diatribe. He might have aided communication; instead he has contributed to its breakdown...
...second place Soviet Union won 91 medals and trailed the U.S. in every category. The U.S. breakdown was 45 gold, 27 silver, and 36 bronze...
Despite Richard Nixon's continuing lead in the presidential race, it is highly unlikely that his coattails will be sufficiently strong to give the Republicans control of the House. The current breakdown is 245 Democrats, 187 Republicans and three vacancies. The G.O.P. thus needs a net gain of 31 seats to win control, but ticket splitting is expected to be so widespread that even a top-of-the-ticket Republican runaway would not guarantee such a gain. Despite the volatility of this year's politics, the House appears headed for a relatively minor alteration in its membership...