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Since politicians from the Deep South long had no chance of rising to the presidency, they concentrated on holding power through the Congress. Elect 'em young and keep 'em there was the credo?and for most of this century, Southern House and Senate committee chairmen, who attained their positions through seniority, were effective against civil rights legislation. Now the 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...
...Peter S. McKinney, acting dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Brown-Beasley wrote: "Since there are no 'final solutions,' constant criticism from within is our only hope for progress. Those who 'cannot absorb constant criticism' might well be reminded of the admonition attributed to President 'Give 'Em Hell, Harry' Truman: 'If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.' The Harvard administration is not a dumping ground for third-raters...Dearest friend, this is supposed to be Harvard...
...Earth," the country's leading textbook on physical geology as the primary source for his students in Geology 18, says, "I'm a missionary--I had a goal. I'm trying to convert the world to my religion through the book. So if they read it, God bless 'em. If they don't, what the hell...
...ironic that the G.O.P. strategy is to "Give 'em hell." The Republicans did enough of that with Watergate...
...President managed to communicate this sense of optimism, however limited, and offer a foretaste of his campaign theme: a mixture of give 'em hell and emphasizing the record of his Administration. He began forcefully and with a surprise, injecting a note that had not been in the text: "This year the issues are on our side, and I'm ready and eager to go before the American people and debate the issues face to face with Jimmy Carter." That unusual challenge from an incumbent to an opponent brought the audience to their feet for one of 65 ovations...