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...Reagan made serious mistakes. He spent little time in the cities and towns where much of Ford's strength lay: Keene, Nashua, Durham, Portsmouth and Dover. He erred by campaigning in Illinois the day before the primary; New Hampshire Campaign Manager Hugh Gregg, a former Governor, had advised Reagan that further stumping in New Hampshire was unnecessary. In hindsight, an unhappy Reagan strategist concluded, "That's when we should have been going full bore. The situation was that volatile...
...assured Harvard the seventh seed, and a game against number two seed New Hampshire tomorrow night in Durham...
Ford has concentrated on some of the larger cities: Manchester, Nashua, Concord and the university town of Durham, counting on the publicity there to reach the more widely scattered Republicans. Though his advance men distributed 15,000 leaflets announcing his airport arrival time in Manchester, only 400 people showed up in the 10° cold to greet him. On a thawing Sunday, on the other hand, Ford lured some 1,000 enthusiastic well-wishers to a cake and coffee reception in Concord. He won strong applause at the University of New Hampshire for his patient and controlled responses...
...University. Humble Howard's course will include guest lectures by National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle and Baseball Players' Negotiator Marvin Miller, plus readings from classic texts like Cosell's own autobiography, Cosell. "I was amazed that he really does talk like that," allowed Sophomore Andy Durham after two hours of Howard's portentous delivery. "He insulted students when they said something stupid-the same way he does...
After Virginia and a little bit of North Carolina, anyway, you're in the Deep South, where the woods and farms look a little more gagged than before. You can stop at the cigarette factories in Durham for entertainment, and pick up your free pack of cigarettes, or drive off the Interstate and check out small-town grocery stores for local color. There are great peach stands in Georgia, and a huge amusement park outside Atlanta, a city that has resolved its existential dilemmas through relentless financial growth and self-promotion. Everyone in Atlanta is happy and young, pink-cheeked...