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Besides Levin and Zinn, the faculty members involved are Andrew S. Dibner, Fritz Ringer, and Caryl Rivers. Ringer was president of the faculty union last year and Zinn chaired the committee that organized a strike by B.U.'s faculty, secretaries and librarians last spring...
...money and support for 1980. His loyal labors in St. Louis, Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh became a touch less onerous in light of one of Carter's press conference statements. Asked who his running mate might be next year, the President did not duck the question. Said Carter: "Fritz Mondale and I have a very good partnership and I have no plans whatsoever to change...
...gold and some strong currencies are moving in. The American campaign to remove gold from the world money system has failed;, as one example of bullion's continuing monetary role, the seven-month-old European Monetary System that links seven Common Market currencies has gold as a centerpiece. Fritz Leutwiler, the president of the Swiss National Bank, quotes from the Book of Job: "I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence." Some leading Americans are even beginning to challenge Carter's policy of selling off the U.S. gold reserve...
...spot seriously. They agree with Mondale's frequent assessment that he is too closely tied to Carter's fortunes. "My base is Carter's base," Mondale has insisted. "If he does well, I do well." Contends even one of Mondale's admirers: "Fritz hasn't got the guts to become a candidate on his own. If he did, he'd have broken with Carter long ago. The only way it could happen is if they kick...
...clown," charged a ranking insider recently. "He has difficulty comprehending the significance of important issues. He is certainly not presidential material." According to such critics, Mondale is "lazy," taking afternoon naps in his office and tending to go home at 5 p.m. Complains a White House aide: "Fritz has no staying power. You give him an assignment, an area to oversee, and after a few months he loses interest." The same staffer insists that Mondale never pushes contrary ideas on the President. "Jimmy would love to get a good argument out of him, but every time we think Fritz...