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...Humphrey sat in his Minneapolis office, away from the crowds, and talked about his political plans. He said that he had decided finally to become more active: he would publicly authorize a committee, headed by his Minnesota friend Robert Short, to line up uncommitted delegates. It would be a low-key effort, in keeping with his pledges to the other candidates to stay out of the primaries. Like most other politicians, he believed Scoop Jackson was certain to win most of Pennsylvania's delegates even if he might lose the popular vote to Carter. "If Jackson does that," said...
...Radcliffe tennis team yesterday took a breather between Saturday's hard-fought victory over Brown and this weekend's Ivy Tournament, shellacking a low-key Brandeis team, 4-1, at water-resistant Palmer Dixon courts...
...with the new mood that no longer responds to Wallace's old appeal of discontent. Henry Jackson won in both Massachusetts and New York, but his pugnaciousness may not wear well nationally as the debate sharpens. The easygoing Mo Udall fits the nation's low-key leaning, and he is widely seen as one of the most likable and honest of all the candidates. His problem is that he remains relatively little known, is tagged as too liberal for the current voter mood and is a 15-year veteran of the unpopular Congress...
Against William and Mary, the Crimson came in expecting a relatively low-key meet but soon discovered that the contest had been widely publicized and billed as "The Bicentennial Classic...
After the victory, Ford's top lieutenants launched a low-key campaign around the country to convert undecided and pro-Reagan state and county chairmen. Somewhat lamely, Acting Campaign Chief Stuart Spencer insisted: "We're not pressuring them. We're just taking their temperature, seeing where they stand." Reagan's only motive for staying in after North Carolina would seem to be to keep Ford hewing to the right and to influence the party platform, the choice of Cabinet officers and the vice presidential nominee-perhaps Reagan himself, although Ford would seem to gain nothing from...