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...runners-former United Nations Ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan, 49, and Manhattan Congresswoman Bella Abzug, 56-are providing most of the bite and bile. The three candidates who appear to be lagging-former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, 50, New York City Council President Paul O'Dwyer, 69, and Builder Abraham Hirschfeld, 58-are running less cantankerous campaigns. Moynihan and Abzug, complains O'Dwyer, are leaving "scar tissue all over the place...
Assassinated shortly after reelection, McKinley was succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt, whom Hanna called a "crazy man." With an unrivaled showmanship and zest for office, T.R. became the best coalition builder since Lincoln, attracting workers and farmers, reformers and imperialists. He borrowed from the Progressive program to curtail the growing power of the trusts, regulate the railroads, establish standards for food and drugs, and set aside public land for conservation. He strengthened his hold on the electorate by showing the flag around the world. "I took the [Panama] Canal Zone," he boasted...
Tricky Business. Rehearsing her chorus, Hillis is both morale builder and teacher. At one point in the Ninth she holds her palm out as if to ward off the sound. "Piano. Piano. You know that young man will hold that note forever," she says, referring to James Levine, 33, music director of the Met, who is to conduct the full symphony. "I expect you to be as young as he is." A few measures later she is talking about one of the chorus' celebrated pianissimos. "Sopranos, listen to the tenors and just place the sparkling star gently above their...
...front of the train next to the engineer's compartment so you can look right out on the tracks. You can chart rising land values by looking at how close new subdivisions come to the threstle--the closer the homes, the more expensive the lots are for the builder. The trestle neight offers excellent view of North Church, North Station and the Prudential development...
...impress diehard traditionalists like 1975 Indy Winner Bobby Unser. (By his own ordination, Unser is the chief chauvinist in Indianapolis this year; on his garage is a sign that reads MALE CHAUVINIST PIGS NEED LOVE TOO.) But her credentials were good enough to make independent Car Designer and Builder Rolla Vollstedt think that he had found what he wanted: a woman driver to add to his team, which is headed by Veteran Dick Simon...