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...being challenged as never before. The very success of the party in transforming Italy into a modern industrial country has raised expectations that it has not been able to fulfill, especially in the recent enduring recession. Moreover, D.C. governments have lately proved unable to solve a host of economic and social problems: rampant inflation, a sagging lira, mounting national debt, 7% unemployment, inadequate transportation, hospital care and public housing. The party has a tarnished record of providing bad government by aging politicians. The Partito Comunista Italiano has mounted its most serious challenge so far under Berlinguer, the most talked-about...
...list contains customary recognitions of various sorts for a host of Wilson's aides, including his personal physician, a chauffeur, two secretaries, a cleaning woman, and a Downing Street switchboard operator. Also honored were two actors, Stanley Baker and John Mills, and a nightclub and TV performer noted for his Wilson impersonations. But the most remarkable feature of the list was the number of businessmen -eleven in all-given either peerages or knighthoods by a Prime Minister who at least theoretically is committed to socialism...
Princeton took top honors in the meet for the third consecutive year. Co-host MIT finished second...
...DEMOCRATS. "Get Carter" is not only the name of a movie but the rallying cry of a host of rivals who sense that he is vulnerable. In the past two weeks he has beaten Udall by 2% in Connecticut and .3% in Michigan, lost a squeaker to Frank Church in Nebraska, and has been clobbered by Brown in Maryland. This week Californian Brown is favored to win neighboring Nevada, and Church to carry his native Idaho. But Carter is working hard at holding his edge in Oregon and is a safe bet in Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee. Carter is still...
Some new and-for Italy-daring campaign maneuvers are being introduced in this election. To offset the same kind of voter distrust that has generated anti-Washington feelings in the U.S. presidential primaries, Italian parties for the first time signed up a host of non-political "personality" candidates. The Christian Democrats nominated Nuclear Physicist Luigi Broglio, respected Banker Gaetano Stammati and Auto Executive Umberto Agnelli. Agnelli, 41, is the younger brother and second in command to Fiat's Gianni Agnelli, Italy's leading industrialist. (Gianni had considered running as a centrist Republican Party candidate but bowed out instead...