Word: californiaisms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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FROM his bedroom window on the 23rd floor of the Conrad Hilton, Eugene McCarthy viewed the carnage on Michigan Avenue, turning now and again to the TV screen to watch the dissolution of his own hopes at the convention hall. Only once, when California's Jesse Unruh, a holdout supporter of Teddy Kennedy, appeared on the screen, did he show anger. And even that was relatively subdued. "That doublecrossing son of a bitch," he growled...
...week." Though he needed Negro support, he refused to make any special pleas, noting airily that "when the Negroes know my record, they'll come along." They never did. He yearned for the support of César Chávez, a Bobby Kennedy supporter and leader of California migrant workers who has become a virtual messiah to thousands of Mexican Americans. The Senator did in fact have long talks with Chávez. But he could not bring himself to ask for the labor leader's help. He only observed mildly that "we hope you will...
...book about his plight (Mark, I Love You). There was little else he could do. Then, two months ago, Mark's grandparents agreed to allow the boy a visit with his father, who is now living near Santa Cruz, Calif. Once Mark arrived, Painter filed suit in California to keep him. Mark had told him, "I've made up my mind, Hal. I want to stay in California. I've always been with you anyway...
Upset though they were, the Bannisters finally agreed not to fight the suit if a minister they sent as an emissary could interview the boy to determine if he were happy with his dad. The minister was satisfied, and last week a California judge ruled that Mark, now ten, can stay home...
...School, which can handle about 175 first-year students, now finds that 230 plan to enroll. Brandeis expects about 30 more liberal arts graduate students than it wants. The University of Miami figures that graduate enrollment will increase by 14%. Grad school acceptances by the University of Southern California are running 20% above those of last year. And at U.C.L.A., Director of Planning Adrian Harris says: "We haven't noticed any specific effects of the draft and will have about the same ratio of men to women, the same quality of applicants...