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...Finance Chairman Bob Power-led off the parade to Salem, followed shortly by the director of the G.O.P. Senate Campaign Committee, Vic Johnston, and, most recently, by several leading Los Angeles County politicians. The Californians were impressed, and Hatfield is beginning to show all the signs of latent presidential fever...
...article noted: "But he (Jordan) sees--and it's hard to disagree -- that without honest spring workouts to enable development of latent, or 'rough' material, coaches will be forced to beat the bushes for finished talent. Your search will be for stars, instead of players. The resulting recruitment drive would shame even the Marines...
Students who--perhaps from a streak of latent masochism--find it amusing to thread their way through the intricacies of "Rules Relating to College Studies" may have discovered that "all Honors candidates during their last two years may petition to enroll for units of independent studies for ungraded credit.'" Those who make this find should congratulate themselves as perceptive readers; the clause is decently buried under six paragraphs on tutorial for credit and senior theses...
...landslide in New York, the state's bread-and-butter Democratic bosses confidently presumed that they would get their just desserts. But by last week it was clear that they were getting the back of Kennedy's hand. His victory, Kennedy figured, underscored New York's latent Democratic strength, emphasized the party's weakness in failing to win recent statewide elections. And the Kennedy forces have a vital stake in repairing that weakness: they want to cut Governor Nelson Rockefeller down to size when he comes up for re-election...
...Francois Truffaut, who was responsible for the extraordinary 400 Blows. Entitled Les Mistons, this film again deals with young children in a most charming manner. A group of young boys, stimulated by a neighborhood girl who has suddenly matured and fallen in love, are awakened to their own latent sexuality. Not knowing quite how to handle these new sensations, the youngsters follow the lovers around, shouting obscenities and generally heckling them...