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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most independent counters agreed that Mondale had achieved a majority. The U.P.I, tally, generally considered the most reliable, placed Mondale's strength on Wednesday at 1,969, two delegates more than needed. Hart had 1,212 and Jackson 367. By U.P.I.'s count, Mondale at week's end had gained six more delegates. An additional 379 were still to be chosen, were uncommitted, or had been pledged to candidates no longer in the race. The presumed inevitability of a Mondale nomination seemed likely to solidify and enlarge his support by the start of the Democratic Convention in San Francisco...
...polls consistently show Reagan about 8 percentage points ahead of Mondale. Political geography favors Reagan even more. No Democrat since Lyndon Johnson in 1964 has won the West. Reagan can count on sweeping at least 95 of the 111 Electoral College votes in the 13 Western states. That means he starts off with 17% of the Electoral College. In the South, the President's conservatism is so popular that Atlanta Pollster Claibourne Darden believes "Reagan has only himself to beat now." In the Midwest he is showing surprising strength in the key states of Ohio and Michigan, where...
Everyone can use an aphorism. I wish I could remember one, something especially Delphic or brilliant from The Consolation of Philosophy, the Bhagavad Gita, the Koran. Charlie Chan said: "Evidence like nose on anteater." Does that count? Russians are better at such things. Once in my earshot Lillian Hellman observed: "A crazy person is crazy all the time." I have frequently found that valuable, particularly when in the company of a crazy person who is, for the moment, lucid. Confucius said: "Filial piety is the constant requirement of Heaven." That seems to me an excellent aphorism...
...while research and writing are what count in promotional considerations, many junior professors say they are not given enough time for such pursuits. In some departments, junior faculty must teach more classes than their senior colleagues...
What really links the two in the eyes of the community, though, is their sheer visibility--a level of intensity and variety which separates them from most of their colleagues. Asked to count how many productions he's done, Warner counts, thinks again, and eventually comes up with 16--a figure which includes quite a few off-campus productions done in Boston theaters with his semi-professional repertory group, the Temperamental Ensemble. Rauch takes longer and gets to "somewhere in the early twenties" before throwing up his hands in despair at this spring's schedule. Instead of directing...