Word: mansfield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mansfield '78 waited nearby, holding only a few books. Behind him stood Frank Fukuyama, a graduate student in the Gov Department, also holding a few books...
Whether or not faculty members are relieved that the social activism of the late '60s has died down, they almost unanimously find preprofessionalism a cause for concern. Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53, chairman of the Government Department, last spring spearheaded an effort to slow down what he calls grade inflation by limiting the number of A's given out in Gov tutorials. Part of his motivation was a desire to restore the Faculty's old academic standards; but part of it, he says, was also a feeling that because good grades come so easily in most courses, students...
...perhaps too soft−is Frank Church of Idaho, who has long experience on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Then there is always Hubert Humphrey, already a world figure, a centrist in foreign policy, and articulate to say the least. But Humphrey may be more interested in succeeding Mike Mansfield as Senate Majority Leader...
...vanquished Democrats will be heard from in the future. Many of Carter's confidants speak warmly of Frank Church as a prospective Vice President (see story, page 15). Scoop Jackson also yearns to be Veep but stands much less of a chance. Humphrey would like to succeed retiring Mike Mansfield as Senate majority leader; but Senate Whip Robert Byrd of West Virginia has campaigned tirelessly for that job and has a long lead. Udall would like to compete for the Senate in 1980. The brightest future seems to belong to Jerry Brown, whose lower-thy-expec-tations lines turn...
...There was a conscious attempt to tighten up as opposed to last year's excessive number, and to return to our historical pattern of awarding 35 to 40 per cent of the class honors," Mansfield said...