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...temper their personal rivalry. "I'm not bitter," claims Hart. His wife Lee was anodyne as well. "We've been friends with the Mondales in the past," she said last week, "and we'll be friends with them in the future." Mondale too hastens to insist that the reports of antagonism are "greatly overdrawn...
...Billy Rose's hit of the 1939 New York World's Fair. The most popular attraction for children so far is the Kiddie Wash, which sprays, brushes, rinses and dries young visitors like a car laundry. With the city's near tropical summer temperatures, parents may insist on accompanying their offspring for a dousing...
...Yumpies. Indeed, when the counting was over in last week's primaries, Mondale had actually won 42 more delegates than Hart, 184 to 142. (Hart overwhelmingly won the caucuses in his home state, Colorado, but the 43 delegates still have not been apportioned.) Mondale aides continue to insist that the delegate tallies heavily favor their man. Campaign Chairman James Johnson predicted that Mondale, who now has 1,528 delegates, would win the necessary majority (1,967) in the last round of primaries, on June 5. To do so, he must win 53% of the 829 delegates...
Mondale's aides would very much like to collect New Jersey as "insurance." Even so, they insist that Mondale could lose all the remaining contests and still reach the 1,967 mark. Agrees a congressional Democratic leader: "Mondale doesn't really need to win any more to put him over the top." Reason: he should do very well among the 219 "superdelegates" and 39 at-large delegates still to be picked from among party leaders and state officials...
...offensive remarks in the classroom, which do not threaton directly but reinforce women students' awareness of their lack of maneuvering power. Nevertheless, their basic insight rings out clearly: such confusion is no excuse to let harassment continue. Nor is the issue so confusing, as some college administrators like to insist, that the ambiguity is an excuse for not taking decisive action...