Word: johnstons
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...contrast, the corporate donations this year were split about equally between Democrats and Republicans. Most of the money went to incumbents with lots of seniority. Says John Bonitt, head of Bendix Corp.'s PAC: "That's where the committee chairmen are." Louisiana Democrat J. Bennett Johnston, who heads Senate subcommittees on energy and appropriations, received at least $192,000 from about 190 PACs, though he had only token opposition in the primary and none in the general election. Why so much support? Says a former Johnston aide: "He is known as an articulate and effective spokesman...
Democrats Sam Nunn of Georgia, J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana, Joseph Biden of Delaware, and Republican Pete Domenici of New Mexico were re-elected to the U.S. Senate. They were joined there by Republican William Cohen of Maine and Democrat Bill Bradley of New Jersey...
...Hawaii Too Close to Call Idaho John V. Evans (D) Too Close to Call Illinois James R. Thompson (R) Charles H. Percy (R) Indiana Iowa Robert Ray (R) Too Close to Call Kansas Too Close to Call Nancy L. Kassebaum (R) Kentucky Walter Huddleston (D) Louisiana J. Bennett Johnston (D) Maine Too Close to Call William S. Cohen (R) Maryland Harry R. Hughes (D) Massachusetts Edward J. King (D) Paul E. Tsongas (D) Michigan William G. Milliken (R) Carl M. Levin (D) Minnesota Too Close to Call Rudy Boschwitz (R) 6 yrs. David Durenberger (R) 4 yrs. Mississippi Thad Cochran...
...enter Johnston Gate from Mass. Ave. you will be facing scenic, park-like Harvard Yard. Well, not so scenic this year, because they will be digging up the water pipes underneath it. But don't despair, even here the shadow of the New England past can be seen, because the pipe-diggers have uncovered a load of Indian artifacts in their trenches. As the archaelogists sift through the dirt you might contemplate the ironies of the Indians' situation relative to Harvard. The tradition here is very much the white man's layered over everything that had the impunity to come...
Unfortunately for the sloshed Harvard fans, coach Joe Restic's usually fine squad has taken a nosedive since the members of the class of '79 first walked through Johnston Gate. After soloing as Ivy champ in the fall of 1975, the Crimson slipped to a tie for third in '76, before suffering its first losing campaign (4-5) in Restic's eight-year tenure last fall...