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...Postal Service at week's end retreated from its earlier decision to allow the Dial's sponsoring stations to use their cheap mailing privileges to distribute the magazine. Instead, Public Broadcasting Communications Inc. must now apply for its own nonprofit mail permit. Vows Dial Publisher Morton Bailey Jr.: "We're going to fight this thing to the very end. We're going to play hardball on this because we're right." As Bailey comes to the plate, however, he is likely to face some smoking fastballs...
...Freshman's Dean's Office, at Morton Prince House, will be open. A good excuse to talk to Hank Moses, dean of Freshman. He's heavy into Outward Bound and orienteering, so read up in advance if you need a pretext for discussion. Go easy, though: Moses is a low-key fellow. Very Ivy League, very laid back. He wears cool penny loafers or topsiders. Ask for the brand name then go buy a pair...
...John Morton Blum '43, historian and Woodward professor of American history at Yale University--Doctor of Laws...
...around to deliver a victory speech after he won a Republican straw poll. Many journalists underestimated Bush's strength in Iowa and then overreacted to his victory. The day after the caucuses, NBC Correspondent Tom Pettit pronounced Ronald Reagan politically "dead." New Hampshire was easier but still vexing. Morton Kondracke of the New Republic boldly predicted that Bush would win by six percentage points and Jimmy Carter by 20. When Reagan won and Edward Kennedy came close, Kondracke offered a mea culpa: "I confess to having contracted hubris by calling the Republican race in Iowa almost exactly...
...Jack Germond, a political columnist for the Washington Star. In addition, the benefits to local boosterism were manifest. "You've got people who think Iowa is next to Idaho or Ohio," said the Republicans' Roberts. "This helps put us on the map." Or, as CBS Correspondent Bruce Morton put it: "There is no question that in Iowa, column inches and air play are more important than delegates. The real prize...