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Dates: during 1970-1979
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WHEN Carter and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) face off in the coming economic debate, as much will depend on the wording of questions as on what people answer. That New York Times poll of October 19, for example, states that 40 per cent of Americans believe inflation is the country's worst problem. Another 20 per cent say energy is the biggest problem. For so many people to sunder the two issues--and for the Times to go along--is appalling, as though you could separate the political problems of oil and gasoline from their price...
Soglin said leftist groups were partially responsible for the downfall of two former presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. Nixon's undemocratic way of dealing with the Left contributed to his resignation, he said...
...political opposition in France has been unable to capitalize on Giscard's troubles. Though Communist Leader Georges Marchais has said, "I'm ready to unite with the devil to checkmate the Giscard-Barre policy," he and Socialist Chief François Mitterrand are bedeviled by a problem: they are not even on speaking terms. There has been no attempt by either man to patch up the bitter ideological split that destroyed their chances of winning last year's legislative elections. Jacques Chirac, the ambitious Paris mayor and neo-Gaullist leader who hopes to challenge Giscard...
...Brooks' philosophy, laughter is the only effective painkiller available without a doctor's prescription. "If I were dying in a hospital of a terminal disease," says Taxi Star Judd Hirsch, "I would want Jim Brooks to come in and direct me on how to die. I'm pretty sure he would come up with something positive...
...conclusions are so enticing that the book, with the publication date still six months away, already has earned nearly $4 million, including a $2.5 million film-rights agreement last week. Now that the sex epic has climaxed, Talese wants to write about the sociology of baseball. "I'm a baseball addict," he confesses. "More of a sports fan than a sex fan." To be called Thy Wife's Lament, perhaps...