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...stumping California had hurt him in the sensitive Garden State, which lives in New York's shadow. Mondale, on the other hand, could not overcome Hart's more macho appeal in California, where the image of a Colorado outdoorsman backed by a bevy of movie celebrities gets a friendlier reception than that of a buttoned-up Washington-trained political operator. Mondale ran well in urban districts around Los Angeles and in one San Diego district but was blanked throughout northern California...
...headed into our territory, folks," Hart assured his supporters last week, referring to the fact that twelve states west of the Mississippi River will soon hold caucuses or primaries. Generally, that is indeed friendlier ground for Hart. Yet out of the 1,670 delegates still to be chosen, 967 of them are from states west of the Mississippi, and of those, just 563 are truly in the geographical West. As voters were marking ballots in Pennsylvania, Hart pulled back from predicting that he would win a majority of delegates before the convention. "The contest gets down to one thing...
...recent wave of nostalgia for a presumably friendlier, less menacing world of the past is beginning to have an effect on design. America's sudden love affair with old buildings, almost any old buildings, is prompting the architects of new buildings to work with traditional forms and ornamentation. The renewed appreciation of older cities is giving more emphasis to the importance of livable urban design. Indoors, designers are beginning to domesticate some of the gadgets that are beeping us, buzzing us, little-red-light-flashing us and computer-accessing us into an awesome and intriguing electronic future...
...Yale isn't anywhere close to Harvard's level. "They don't deserve any attention." Assistant Men's Swimming Coach Ken Oberg says jokingly. "We have something for Princeton called suits on head, where our swimmers warm up with their swimsuits on their heads, but Yale we have a friendlier relationship with." The Elis certainly made friends last year, as the Harvardtidal wave rolled over Yale...
...official invitation, apparently in an attempt to improve relations. After a week of hesitation, William Clark, who was then National Security Adviser, and Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Dam met Bishop for 40 minutes. They gave him another anti-Communist lecture and a warning: if he wanted to become friendlier with Washington, he had to ease his repressive rule and hold free elections...