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Unhappily for the Republicans, the election was an almost perfect laboratory test of their prospects for the fall. "If it sells in Grand Rapids, it will sell anywhere," market researchers are fond of saying about an area where all kinds of products are routinely tested, from Lipton's soup to Cornnuts. In many ways, the district is a cross section of the U.S., with a varied mix of incomes and ethnic groups, a blue-collar class that is suffering from increasing unemployment and a not-so-silent majority that is outraged by inflation, long lines at gasoline stations...
...profoundly vulnerable to Mrs. K.'s deluded belief that she has a son somewhere at sea. At Mrs. K.'s request, her friend even writes letters to the nonexistent son; they are signed "your fond mother," but never posted...
...that there is no trick or secret key to success; that what I wish, as a teacher, is a thoughtful reading of the assigned texts and an intelligent and critical attention to lectures. I am willing to describe an examination in advance so that students will understand this. As fond as I am of my students in Adams House, I have nothing whatever to gain from their doing better in my courses than other students in the college. In my judgement, the specific information I gave out made a general educational point, but did not provide an unfair advantage...
...taught that the U.S. Government is "of the people, by the people, for the people." Now, alas, my fond beliefs have been shattered by the Nixon Government "of the rich, by the rich, for the rich...
...1950s, he kept up a steady reissue of such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke and Bessie Smith, and brought in Mitch Miller to manage the company's middle-of-the-road pop line. In the early 1960s, as Lieberson is fond of pointing out, he helped usher in the rock era by signing Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and the Byrds...