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...liberal Democrat Richard Ottinger and Conservative Party Candidate James Buckley, Goodell is running third. His seat is one of four that the Republicans are in grave danger of losing, and the Republicans are doing all possible to ensure the loss. Spiro Agnew has proclaimed Goodell a radic-lib, a category otherwise reserved for liberal Democrats. He compared Goodell's ideological turnabout to a celebrated sex-change operation. Goodell, said Agnew, was the "Christine Jorgensen of the Republican Party," a remark that evoked substantial revulsion and a demand for an apology from Miss Jorgensen?which Agnew refused. Though Agnew's assault...
Ohio Congressman Donald "Buzz" Lukens spoke briefly, warming up the audience for Goldwater with revival meeting sincerity and pep-rally enthusiasm. "When a super-lib gives you the peace sign, don't blow you high: give it back. For years that sign stood for victory." The athletic looking young politician held up two fingers-"Just give it back and say, 'With a little bit of freedom, brother.'" Talking about demonstrators outside, Lukens told the Yaffers, "The reason they come tonight is that we're getting stronger. We're more than a nuisance, we're a legitimate threat to the bases...
...publishes a novella entitled The Duchess of Obloquy. Sandwiched in its entirety between Emma's own narrative, it moans the familiar tale of the castrated son. Through its absurd parodic details, however, De Vries engineers a nimble satire of contemporary attitudes on sex, race and Women's Lib...
...Republican fund-raising dinner in Philadelphia, Shirley Temple Black, deputy chairman of the U.S. delegation to the U.N. Conference on Human Development, made it perfectly clear that there is at least one human development that displeases her. "I don't care for Women's Lib," she said. "I prefer the strong arms of my husband around...
...chief, Willie Morris. And as each magazine continues to break away from old patterns, comparisons are made. Partly because Morris is highly visible on the New York scene and partly because Harper's looks more daring (lots of leg and very little miniskirt in a Women's Lib cover last February), many people in the publishing business regard Harper's as the "hotter" book. But if "hot" means popular with advertisers, the Atlantic has more Fahrenheit. Including the October issue, the Atlantic has carried 444 pages of ads this year, up from 381 last year; Harper...