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...common sense, non-ideological conservatives," he says, "They are patriotic, concerned about national defense, worried about inflation and a balanced budget." But most conservatives, according to Phillips, are Democrats; thus the movement can't work through the Republican Party. "They have to know you're not Watergate and Herbert Hoover," he explains. Hence the new party attempt at the AIP convention...
...Wilber begins to tell me of his admiration for Calvin Coolidge (Herbert Hoover was another convention favorite), his wife appears and asks about a man who has just walked into the hotel and wants to be a delegate. Wilber instructs her to have him pay his money, sign in, and wait for some brief questioning. Convention officials make no secret of any of this. The next day, when the roll call for president reaches Maine, a debate between the state chairman and convention secretary ensues over whether Maine has paid $100 each for the number of delegates they claim...
...Herbert Williams, an eleventh-grade dropout from Little Rock, Ark., schools, went to Chicago in 1946 to seek his fortune. Over the next 28 years, he worked as a bus dispatcher, bus driver and truck driver. But he never felt comfortable living in Chicago. He resented the discrimination that for years barred him from North Side nightclubs. He found the people unfriendly and the pace too fast. Says he: "It is a big rat race, all hustle and bustle...
David is hardly alone. Narcissism has become a leading topic of research in psychoanalytic circles, and one of the most common diagnoses. "You used to see people coming in with hand-washing compulsions, phobias and familiar neuroses," says Clinical Psychologist Sheldon Bach. "Now you see mostly narcissists." Adds Psychoanalyst Herbert Hendin, author of The Age of Sensation: "Probably two-thirds to three-quarters of psychoanalytic patients have narcissistic problems...
...verdict, however, rests with Dick Wald, NBC Chairman Julian Goodman and President Herbert Schlosser, and that jury is still out. "If Miss 'X' walks in tomorrow, we might consider her," cautions an NBC executive. Quite so. During the 1974 talent hunt, Brokaw was the odds-on favorite, followed by other household names. The winner that time: Jim Hartz, almost-no one's first choice...