Word: choses
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...Lewis, director of the Americans for Democratic Action: "It was not the stuff that energizes voters." Pointing out that Democratic primary voters this year have recoiled from centrist candidates, she added, "Every primary in which there was a clear choice between a real Democrat and an imitation, they chose the genuine article." If "real Democrat" is defined as liberal, the returns in several key contests bear her out. In Georgia, for example, Hamilton Jordan ran on a platform of moving the party to the center but lost to Wyche Fowler, the most liberal Congressmen in the state. In New York...
...This is not a cure. We don't want to overpromise to the thousands of people who have AIDS." Robert Windom, of the Department of Health and Human Services, chose his words carefully as he faced the press in Washington last ! week, determined not to raise any false hopes. Despite Windom's caution, the dramatic news he reported was bound to be en couraging to AIDS victims around the world: early results of clinical tests with an experimental drug called azidothymidine (AZT) had shown that it slowed the attack of the AIDS virus and seemed to prolong the lives...
...means that the November elections are likely to produce what Republican Political Analyst Kevin Phillips calls a "transitional electorate" without a strong commitment either to the status quo or to change. When the TIME survey asked respondents how they would vote "if the election were held right now," 37% chose the Democrats and 33% the Republicans. A large number, 26%, were undecided. Independent voters leaned to the Republican candidates, 31% to 26%, with 39% undecided...
This year's edition of Courses of Instruction once again delivers on its promises of chills, thrills and heart-break. It packs a punch but the guide blazes no new trails in college-course indexing. Instead, its usually offbeat editors chose to list course offerings the old-fashioned way: according to department, and in alphabetical order...
Warren Professor of American History Ernest R. May pointed out that Lee chose to spend his time as he did. Said May: "Everyone understands how this [tenure process] operates. People make their choices about how to allocate their time...