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...factors involved in whether−and how vigorously−he should seek the presidency. His intimates insist that he has not decided whether to reach for it. Some are not even sure that he wants the job. "He just doesn't give a toot," contends Harry Dent, counsel to the Republican National Committee. "He's got a lot of reluctance in him. He had to think a lot about going on the ticket again last fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENT: Agnew Watches And Waits | 4/23/1973 | See Source »

While the city's black community is represented by Owens and Graham on the Council and Charles Pierce on the School Committee, the more populous Portuguese segment, largely located in East Cambridge, has no effective voice in either body. Whether it will make a dent in a political system still largely shared by old-line Irish and Italian pols and CCA liberals remains a question mark. Since many Cambridge Portuguese are not U.S. citizens and voter registration is low among those who are, the poor showing of previous Portuguese candidates will likely repeat in November...

Author: By Robert Mcdonald, | Title: Calamity Before the Storm | 4/13/1973 | See Source »

Fire in the Lake failed to dent the barriers in my mind that prohibit objective thinking about the war. The book was too mystical and detached to have anything to do with the country I remember...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Something Was Dreadfully Wrong | 3/9/1973 | See Source »

...others. Sadly for this latter-day charge of the Light Brigade, it has been Balaklava all over again. With Scotch to the right of them, bourbon to the left of them and vodka down the middle, the lights, after eight months on the shelves, have barely made a dent in the competition. A very few individual brands may yet sell well, but the industry consensus is that light whisky, on the whole, is an idea whose time may never come. "Light whisky has been greeted with a yawn," says Jack Yog-man, president of Joseph E. Seagram, which sells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIQUOR: Dark Days for Lights | 3/5/1973 | See Source »

...frosh third line, which saw a lot of action last night, accounted for the last tally. Defenseman Stephen Dent picked up Bob Shepley's rebound and beat Sundberg again, who pounded the ice in disgust...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frosh Skaters Win Big; Skuru Ik Trounced, 11-3 | 2/21/1973 | See Source »

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