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Thought I was eulogizing the Challenger? As far as I'm concerned, there is little difference between the two vessels. Let me qualify that: some might call me insensitive for comparing Star Trek and the space shuttle. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are only fictional characters, while McAuliffe and her fellow crew-mates were real people--or should I say, Real People. The Challenger crew was treated just like those wacky rustics who were paraded before the nation by Skip Stevenson on the old "Real People" television program--proof that, by God, even an ordinary mother of two can make...
...late husband, she said, "would be grateful to the Vice President of the U.S." for his presence, though she carefully refrained from specifying which Vice President. The evening, with all its tiptoeing over sensitive ground, brought a sparkle of amusement to the eyes of Democratic National Chairman Paul Kirk. "The right-wing litmus tests are already coming fast and furious," he said, "pushing Republicans even farther to the radical right." That, no doubt, would have brought a sparkle to Loeb's eyes...
...NOTEBOOK: Among the sizable Crimson contingent cheering in the stands was Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), heard saying "Charlie, do you still want to put money on this game?" at one point...Both Hardington and Yale Captain Kirk Fernald were issued yellow cards in the second half...The Crimson finished with 21 shots on goal, while the Elis managed only eight...Kenworthy was named Ivy League Player of the Week...Singh finished the year tied with Cornell's John Bayne for the Ivy scoring lead, with five goals and two assists...
...Democratic Party has problems. Some of them have to do with internal divisions, as a Kirk asserted. But the greatest handicap the party has is its public image, and the reality that image reflects. The Democratic Party is seen as wed to and bogged down by special interest groups, out of touch with the Southern Whites and urban, ethnic blue-collar workers who used to form its core and lacking both decisive leadership and a viable program...
...credit, Kirk has made some attempts at substantiative change since he took over the DNC--primarily in attacking the interest-group image. He has eliminated all minority caucuses besides the women's caucus, urged interest-group leaders (especially Lane Kirkland of the AFL-CIO) not to endorse candidates early in the campaign, abolished midterm conferences, and set an early deadline for completion of the work of the Fairness Commission, which is investigating the way convention delegates are chosen. These changes are intended not only to present a "unified" party to the American public in 1988, but also to move that...