Word: koch
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Ronald Reagan? Ed Koch? Dan Quayle? Nope. That was Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. ("a stellar professor"--the CUE Guide), the Thomson professor of government, talking at a forum organized by the Undergraduate Council's Ad Hoc Committee on Minority and Women Faculty Hiring last Thursday night...
...blacks had not won a single citywide office. Last week they finally exulted in a triumph of their own. Drawing support from what he called a "gorgeous mosaic" of black, Hispanic and white voters, David Dinkins edged out former U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani to succeed three-term Mayor Edward Koch...
...after he announced his candidacy last February, Dinkins' dignified demeanor struck a chord among New Yorkers who had grown weary of Koch's prickliness and flip remarks. In the Democratic primary in September, 32% of white voters combined with huge majorities of blacks and Hispanics to give Dinkins the nomination. Said Dinkins: "You voted your hopes and not your fears." The No. 1 hope: that Dinkins could heal the racial divisions that are never far from the city's surface...
...Dinkins has not done much -- beyond showing up -- to respond to that hope. After trouncing Koch, he seemed prepared to coast into city hall on the euphoria of his primary win. He glad-handed his way through the general election, underestimating the potent challenge Giuliani was mounting under the tutelage of media meister Roger Ailes. In the closing weeks of the race, Giuliani nearly overcame Dinkins' double-digit lead in the polls. Giuliani launched a subtle appeal to the fears of white voters and exploited widespread disgust with the corruption that plagued Koch's final term by raising troubling questions...
...laced his speech with references to traditional Democratic Party powerhouses, tying his ground-breaking campaign firmly to the Democratic establishment. He thanked New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 and current Mayor Edward I. Koch--three men he said helped greatly in the campaign...