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Funnily enough, the candidates' political pratfalls were expected a lot sooner. Ford and Carter came into the campaign like Herblock caricatures. The Hard-Nosed Bumbler ("We must either shorten our Presidents or lengthen our helicopter doors," said Bill Vaughan) was opposed by the Born-Again Peanut Farmer ("I pray 25 times a day," Carter was misquoted by Mort Sahl, "but I've never asked God to make me President because I didn't want to take advantage of the relationship"), with teeth like Bugs Bunny ("That man can eat a pineapple through a tennis racket," observed Comedian...
Whitlock said last night that the Faculty will not lengthen Christmas vacation this year in order to reduce heating costs. Though Rosovsky told The Crimson Tuesday that he was considering such a change, he said last night that he and The Crimson had "misunderstood" each other...
Hall's relations with University Hall have become particularly strained on several occasions during the past few years. Two years ago, when the College administration was considering whether to lengthen Christmas or semester break in order to cut down on energy costs during the height of the crunch, some in University Hall felt that Hall was meddling too much in their affairs. At a press conference to announce the decision to extend Christmas vacation, Dean Rosovsky finally tried to quiet Hall, saying flatly, "Now Steve, I don't think we want to air our dirty laundry in public...
...concentration of wealth that characterizes American society, some sectors of the population bear a much heavier burden than others. But it is likely that all groups will be continually exposed to the effects of the shrinking dollar. The recession that government and business leaders term temporary could very likely lengthen into a permanent decline in the American standard of living...
...Pentagon has asked Congress to appropriate $29 million this year to deepen the harbor, lengthen the 8,000-ft. runway to 12,000 ft., and build barracks for the 500 naval personnel who will eventually be stationed there. Such an investment is necessary, contends the Pentagon, to counter the Soviet naval presence in the area, which now averages 30 ships; the U.S. presently has eight ships, including the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, there. The Russian presence is expected to increase even more with the reopening of the Suez Canal. Then the Soviet supply line, from its Black Sea bases...