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...like an ordinary soldier, had a duty to stay on the job). The advantage of occupying the Oval Office worked even for those accidental Presidents who, like Gerald Ford, were raised up from Vice President in an emergency. Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson both stepped into the presidency in midterm, then went on to win election on their own. Perhaps both decided not to run a second time because they thought that they would not win. But this suggests another conclusion from history: if neither Truman nor Johnson could have been reelected, the successors chosen by their party could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Never underestimate the Power of Incumbents | 3/22/1976 | See Source »

...hits you that you no longer get worked up about which English professor screwed which class on which midterm exam, and you realize you're outside...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: After Harvard, Danvers | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

Lion In Winter. Much fun. Katherine Hepburn plays Eleanor of Aquitaine and gets to turn all her regal frigidity on Henry II. Not to be relied on for your History 30 midterm, but good clean fun without the masochism of Becket or the high-flown rhetoric of Man for All Seasons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SCREEN | 10/16/1975 | See Source »

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--Democratic Congressional leadership foresaw yesterday a peaceful Democratic midterm conference in Kansas City, marked more by compromise than conflict...

Author: By Ruth C. Streeter, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Democratic Leaders Foresee Peaceful Midterm Conference | 12/6/1974 | See Source »

...group with advance information did slightly worse on the midterm and the paper than the rest of the class, but on the exam they did one-third of a grade better--the difference between...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Inquiry Commission Says Kiely Gave Edge to Some | 5/3/1974 | See Source »

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