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Like his famous younger brother, polymath Polemicist William F. Buckley Jr., Jim always stood far to the right politically. But he did not get into politics until the late '60s, when the New York Conservative Party-a predominantly Catholic faction that had sprouted from right-wing disgust with the liberal leanings of both major parties in the state-began to make waves. In 1968, without having given a formal public speech in 17 years, he took his castle-Irish dignity and shy grin into the Senate campaign. To everyone's surprise, he rolled up 17% of the vote...
...voice register change like a barometer in the monsoon season. Two long index fingers simultaneously punch holes in the issue of the moment. Or he puts on his leprechaun's phiz to explain pragmatism with a parable from Gulliver's Travels, recalling the Lilliputians who signified political faction by the height of heels and others who fought over opening the big end or the little end of a boiled egg. "Happy is the political society," he concludes with obvious delight, "whose issues are in fact adjustable, as is the height of a heel...
...ENGLAND. Carter's strategy of sending in outsiders to direct his campaign, bypassing the faction-ridden state parties, has in general worked well in this area, despite continuing complaints about decisions being made in Atlanta. Observes Larry Radway, New Hampshire party chairman: "In Charlemagne's empire he created the missi dominici. They were sent into the provinces to monitor activities and keep people in line. If it worked for Charlemagne, it should work for Carter." Carter's strength in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut remains substantial. His chances of carrying Vermont and New Hampshire are minimal...
JOSHUA NKOMO, 59, is president of the domestic faction of the African National Council (A.N.C.), the most moderate of Rhodesia's black nationalist organizations. He is the grand old man of black politics in Rhodesia. A relaxed, friendly politician of the flesh-pressing school, Nkomo is the only one of the four who has lived in the country during the past year. Says he: "It is very hard to win an election from the outside...
...disappointing that a small faction of the UMW, whose members have one of the highest group mortality rates in the country, should have unconscionably distracted public attention from this and exacerbated union divisions by raising the false issue of Communist infiltration. Still, the confrontation may have produced one beneficial side-effect: Mr. Miller's victory should strengthen his hand in negotiating a new contract with mine-owners this November...