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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Isaac's most hotly contested charges is his statement that the ad hoc committee refused to tenure him because they would only make joint appointments...
...triumphs of style, not substance. We elect our presidents not because we know what they stand for, but because of how well we think they stand: Are they leaders? Do they have moral courage? Can they instill trust in the people? But national candidates, with their image advisers and make-up men, are matched almost step for step by big city mayoral contenders, who play at being gruff or Irish or aggressive or "old town," while hiding issue stances, when they have them, safely away from the prying eyes of the electorate...
...among the most skilled and the most vocal opponents of regulation of condominium conversion in the city. Walsh who said in an interview early last summer that God gave each and every American the right to own a condominium, served on the CCC housing committee. "Does that make him a member?" Goetz was asked. "Yes, you have to belong to work on a committee," she responded. Walsh said minutes later that he is not really a member, that he had simply donated "six or seven hours of my time," and that he didn't want to "cause the group...
...idealistic young workers are leading the Kennedy charge with cries of "Chappawhat? Mary Jo who? Forget S 1." Ted's record in the Senate is one of long and principled support for progressive legislation, from full employment to national health to tax reform. But S1 and its renumbered offshoots make you stop and think again. Nixon wanted above all to stamp out the demonstrators who were impeding his efforts in Vietnam, and the journalists who were leaking state secrets, and the blacks who were rioting and attacking private property--so he sent his most rabid loyalists to prepare a bill...
Clearly a Teddy victory is infinitely preferable to a Connally or Reagan monarchy. But Ted can win without the left and won't feel grateful or beholden to progressive forces if he does win. But resurgent, mobilized grass-roots pressure from the left will make any candidate--no matter how conservative--come to terms with popular demands for democratization of the political arena and the workplace. The left doesn't have to be left...