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...political financing came 23 years ago, during his undergraduate days at the University of Minnesota. As a special project for a course in political science, he spent an academic year closely following one candidate for the Minnesota legislature. "Over many months," Magnuson recalls, "I watched the pressures on him mount from special-interest groups and potential contributors." As a reporter and writer, Magnuson has been able to watch many other politicians since then. "Nothing seems to have changed," he concludes, "except that the money and the potential reward for both donor and recipient have grown greater...
...Mount Vernon, Ohio
...problem incenses and bewilders McGovern. He told a LIFE interviewer, "Inside, I've been alternately weeping and boiling. The quality I treasure most is my credibility." All last week McGovern's frustration seemed to mount. His rhetoric took on a new stridence, a tendency toward verbal overkill that was at odds with the image of plain-spoken reason he had earlier cultivated. At times there were notes of self-righteousness and occasional self-pity...
...Stanford conference was full of other tantalizing phenomena that seem to merit thorough investigation. Olga Worrall, director of the New Life Clinic at the Mount Vernon Methodist Church in Baltimore, told how she had cured warts and emotional disorders, and even helped cancer patients by the laying on of hands. Dr. Robert Bradley, a Denver obstetrician who is also president of the American Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine, reported on the use of hypnotherapy, long ago proven effective in relieving pain and easing childbirth, to speed healing from surgical wounds...
Harvard's defense looked strong last week, but BU didn't mount much of a threat after falling behind by over four touchdowns. However, in the second half the Terriers moved the ball and their total offense showed 290 yards. The Crimson secondary allowed only 85 yards in the air, but BU's passers couldn't have hit Widener Library at ten feet. The opening game loss notwithstanding, Harvard hasn't faced an outstanding offense yet either. Columbia, with Don Jackson throwing to Jesse Parks and an underrated ground game that picked up 239 yards against Princeton, has that offense...