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...white politicians put in power under these circumstances most often fell in the George Wallace/Orval Faubus mold, that is, rhetorically populist and politically conservative. They did nothing to help organized labor and little--as far as eradicating consumer taxes or properly financing education and health, or eliminating residency requirements for receiving unemployment compensation--to meet poor whites' social needs. The local business and landed establishment in states like North Carolina and Alabama, consequently, stayed within the state and nominally, the national, Democratic coalition, giving the South its one-party character...
...changes on campus bother Kimball. The Harvard he knew two years ago, he says, was a more cosmopolitan place. "The people I knew on the wrestling team freshman year were different, came from entirely different backgrounds, but now they all fit into the Harvard mold. I'm afraid that's what happens from being here...
...present furor notwithstanding, Jim Curry has indicated that he too fits the Crimson split end mold. Curry was selected Exeter Academy's "athlete of the decade" for his prowess in basketball, baseball, and football. At Harvard, he quickly established himself as a player to watch for the future. His speed was unmatched and his moves were a series of fluid sprints and sharp breaks...
...debate between those who believe behavioral traits are inherited and others who say such things are determined by one's environment. "You mean totalitarianism vs. liberty," Mohtz says. I dare not ask which is which but it soon becomes apparent he believes only totalitarians try to mold people contrary to the designs of their souls...
...July Byker asserted that the journalism option didn't fit the expos mold. He now says that opinion reflected the views of the expos Faculty committee. He says it is a view that he does not share...