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...each case, unheralded assistance came to the rescue. John Jackenfeld was the unexpected victor in the 100 and 220 events after earlier running a surprisingly strong anchor lap to cinch Harvard'swin in the sprint relays. Another lucky break for the Crimson was the unlooked-for performance of newcomer Henry Haggerty, who finished third in both the 220 and quarter-mile...
...former resident characterized it--provides plenty of fodder for characterized it--provides plenty of fodder for armchair sociologists quick to find an incisive explanation for any new trend. While finding any people who say they are unhappy with life in Pennypacker may be surprisingly difficult, it's a cinch to find 20 people with 20 different theories about why the dorm has suddenly become such a "bed of roses." But the various theories explaining the dorm's new-found popularity all return to a single fact: the decision to house women in Pennypacker has produced an environment radically different from...
Teaching law is a boom-time business in California, home of one-quarter of the more than 200 law schools in the nation. Admission can be a cinch. Though quality institutions like the University of California Law School at Berkeley still look for top college graduates with 700 scores on the law boards, moonlight legal factories such as Van Norman University and Magna Carta University welcome anybody with two years of college-and at least $4,000 to spend on the dream of courtroom glory. The state's education code asks mainly two things of a law school...
...Southern death grip on committee chairmanships is weakening. In the Senate, three key chairmen are expected to retire in 1979: Mississippi's James Eastland, 71 (Judiciary), Alabama's John Sparkman, 76 (Foreign Relations), and Arkansas' John McClellan, 80 (Appropriations). Mississippi's John Stennis (Armed Services) is a cinch for re-election this year, but he will be 81 when his next term ends. In each case, a Northern Senator stands next in line of succession...
MIDWEST. Gerald Ford is stronger here, but he is no cinch on his own turf. Illinois is a tossup. Dick Daley's great Republican-grinding machine and Chicago's blacks are offset by conservative suburbanites and downstaters. Ohio is a toss-up too. So is Michigan, Ford's home state, where local pride may not be enough to overcome resentment over the recession. Bob Dole's Kansas seems as secure for Ford as Fritz Mondale's Minnesota seems safe for Carter. Ford also should carry Nebraska, but Iowa and the Dakotas are anybody's race. The President might score...