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...that some oldtimers were arguing which speech was the best in their memory: Jackson's stem-winder or the stirring keynote by New York Governor Mario Cuomo. Party-splitting brawls were avoided, and unity was pledged by many orators, some of whom sounded as if they meant it. Colorado Senator Gary Hart promised full support of Mondale, who defeated him in a grueling and bitter primary campaign, and Jackson, after losing a string of floor fights over platform planks, made a point of apologizing to any fellow Democrats who might have been offended by his preconvention stridency. More important...
Politically, the prevailing opinion is that the choice will add verve and flair to the campaign. "The idea of that new ingredient, the mysterious factor of the female vote, makes Ferraro a high-risk, high-gain pick," asserted Democratic Governor Richard Lamm of Colorado. Republicans agree, in a kind of left-handed way. Colorado Republican Chairman Howard ("Bo") Callaway, once a campaign manager for Gerald Ford, called the selection of Ferraro "the first excitement, the first non-mush I've seen in Mondale's political career...
...regiments of suffragist foot soldiers who steadily kept applying the pressure, state by state. Their key opportunity came with the entry of various Western territories into the union. The new constitution of Wyoming (1890) was the first to include women's suffrage; then came Colorado (1893), Utah and Idaho...
...Says Arnold Wettstein, a professor of religion at Rollins College: "These people know who they are and are quite willing to look at the professor and say, 'Now, Sonny, you don't have this straight.' " In one communications class at the University of 1 Northern Colorado, the teacher chose the bombing of Pearl Harbor "as an example of the result of poor communications. She was challenged by one of her students, who turned out to be a retired Air Force general. Besides their experience and sense of history, elders provide another plus for professors. Observes George...
...Washington legislators and regulators have done little besides watch the buyout binge. But pressures are building to curtail the deals. Colorado Democrat Timothy Wirth, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance, has announced that he will study the effects of buyouts on the availability of credit as -part of an investigation of takeover tactics. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker, in a letter made public by Wirth, warned that the buyouts may expose companies to financial difficulties. The Federal Reserve, however, has so far declined to restrict lending for buyouts. Volcker says that measures like credit...