Word: moynihans
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...Moynihan, who had returned to Harvard on the early shuttle from New York on Wednesday after his victory over incumbent James Buckley in the state's senatorial race the night before...
...Moynihan has been trying hard to put "benign neglect" behind him these past seven years. Now, he's about to put Harvard behind him, apparently for good...
...Moynihan scrupulously avoided mention of the previous night's victory in his anecdote-filled, stream-of-consciousness lecture, and yelled loudly, pounding on the table in front of him, when a New York television film crew attempted to enter the classroom...
Among the well-wishers in attendance was James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government, who sat in the next-to-last row during Moynihan's lecture--in which he was mentioned several times. Wilson said he came to Moynihan's lecture because he "wanted to congratulate" Moynihan. "I thought I should come here to see him," he said...
Wilson followed Moynihan home after the lecture, in an entourage that included a New York Times reporter who shouted loud obscenities when she became tangled in a camera crew's cables, and an indeterminate number of other correspondents, each clamoring for a word with the Senator-elect...