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Adam Hochschild '63, a co-founder of Mother Jones magazine, began his activist career in Harvard's Tocsin organization, which pushed for an atmospheric test ban treaty and organized the first national march on Washington against nuclear weapons. Hochschild later worked for civil rights in 1964, campaigned for McGovern in 1972 and demonstrated against the Vietnam...

Author: By Jennifer Griffin, | Title: Alumni Reflect on Lives Shaped By '60s Politics | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

Bush sounded like he was more than ready,telling NBC in an interview, "the differences areenormous" between himself and Dukakis. "It will belike the McGovern-Nixon race in '72 in terms ofthe breadth of differences on these issues," hesaid. Nixon won that race in a landslide...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Duke Clinches Nomination Behind Primary Victories | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

...chain saw out there," Helms jokingly told Kennedy as they got on an elevator together. Kennedy laughed, said Helms. Perhaps, but Kennedy will not talk about Helms. Neither will Claiborne Pell, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Why not? "I have to face him," says Pell. Former Senator George McGovern feels less constrained: "People are afraid of him. He can punish you, and he's willing to do that. He's nothing but trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JESSE HELMS: Scourge of the Senate | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

Senate Ways and Means Chairman Patricia McGovern, a supporter, "did us an enormous favor," Barrett said. "We need an accelerated, decent treatment of this bill at every stage. Not accelerated in the sense that it is rushed. But we must avoid the delay tactics that swamped the bill last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gay Rights Bill Goes to Senate | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

...hell did we bug the National Committee? They never know anything. If you're going to bug anybody, you bug the McGovern headquarters!" ((Drummer does a rimshot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RICHARD NIXON: The Dark Comedian | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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