Word: lege
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drive-in restaurant, was elected to the student senate with the help of younger students who posted signs reading VOTE FOR SUGAR DAN. He and his wife Loretta completed high school equivalency courses at the college and now are among about 40 people who have graduated into the col lege's regular curriculum. "They don't want to be patronized," says Bruce Bauer. "They really do their homework and some of our kids are hard put to keep up with them...
...dialogue to their own versions of zany nightclub comedy. Chicago's Larry ("the Legend") Johnson has made a success out of calling odd people or faraway places to entertain his estimated 120,000 weekly listeners on station WIND. What's the weather like in Miami? Larry the Lege will call the Miami weather bureau and find out. Do the papers say that Princess Margaret is taking a salary cut? Call Buckingham Palace...
...answer, supporters of the Bayh amendment argue that the two-party sys tem is not based on the Electoral Col lege alone, but on deep-seated American tradition and hundreds of thousands of lesser elections. In these races a party label is vital, and the two major political organizations would not necessarily be affected by a change in the electoral system. Presidential candidates would still need this wide web of support; the lack of party money and party workers would still discourage and inhibit maverick challengers. On balance, though, the Bayh amendment would probably weaken the two-party system, encourage...