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...corrosive polemicist and unrepentant maverick, Morse appealed to Oregonians with his independence, even when many of them disagreed with his passionate criticism of the war. But over the years, his army of political enemies increased. Republicans never quite forgave him for abandoning the G.O.P. in 1952, and later becoming a Democrat. Two years ago, he reversed field by supporting dovish Republican Mark Hatfield for the Senate, thus embittering thousands of Oregon Democrats...
...legislator. The 24-year reign of Wayne has been one of the most remarkable in the Senate. He switched parties in mid-career and upset his own state Democrats by endorsing the 1966 Senate Republican candidate, having broken with Lyndon Johnson over Viet Nam. Oregonians have wearied of his maverick ways. In debate, Morse seemed a pale shadow of himself, while Packwood appeared to be the aggressive Morse of old. Packwood organized superbly on a block-by-block basis, promised to pay more attention than Morse did to Oregon affairs...
...once-Irish urban ghetto, he was named Archbishop of the city in 1944, and subsequently proved to be one of the great school and church builders of American Catholicism. Affectionately human and totally unpredictable, Cushing was, more importantly, a pioneer ecumenicist in the open style of Pope John, a maverick prelate who found it possible, at various times, to endorse both the John Birch Society and the N.A.A.C.P. In poor health for many years-and, at 73, only two years away from the age limit suggested for episcopal resignations by Pope Paul-Cushing had good reason...
...order issue has elevated George Wallace from a sectional maverick to a national force, making the two-party system seem suddenly vulnerable. It has lured Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew to the edge of demagogy, as they watch the national atmosphere darken and Wallace's popularity grow. For reasons of his own, Hubert Humphrey has played less heavily on the fear of lawlessness, and he finds himself losing ground as a result...
Dissenting Views. Disgusted at the FCC's unwillingness to play a more aggressive role, a few of the seven commissioners have begun voicing their dissenting views. Chief maverick is Nicholas Johnson, 34, a former law professor at the University of California, who argues: "We haven't got any plan, we have no goal, we have no idea of where American communications will be in 20 years." One commissioner, Robert Bartley, openly argues for the FCC's abolition and the division of its functions among three new agencies. "Let's burn down the old house with...