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Eugene McCarthy, former Senator from Minnesota and a three-time loser in bids for the presidency, reflected on the tenuous relationship between poetry and politics before his reading...

Author: By Steven Schorr, | Title: Poetry and Politics Do Mix | 3/23/1977 | See Source »

...into a game where some people lose out. Contemporary political fiction suffers from this affliction: many American writers have grown self-satisfied, and this persistent complacency has lent their works about as much novelty and excitement as a Harold Stassen campaign address. When that happens, everyone is a sure loser...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: A Broken Record | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

...they wanted a loser they got the wrong man. I'm a winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Picking a Winner | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

...number two came two bouts later, after Ed Bordley had hurt his ribs and lost his match, 18-6. John Williams grabbed a comfortable 4-0 lead over an obviously inferior Yale matman but fell apart in the last four minutes to come off the mat an 8-6 loser...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Yale Tips Matmen, 23-15, Takes Ivy League Silver | 2/19/1977 | See Source »

Nelia Worsley, playing number eight, was the other Radcliffe loser, falling 3-0. "I played okay. She was just better," Worsley said...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Raquetwomen Top Wesleyan As Moore Adds to Win Skein | 2/16/1977 | See Source »

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