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...Lois Van Leer lives in a secluded region of Oregon. "We have three acres outside the city," she says of the home she shares with her partner Karune Neustadt near the small college town of Corvallis. But people know her -- and know how to find her. Ever since the youth minister of Corvallis' First Congregational Church came out as a lesbian and an advocate for homosexual rights, she has regularly received death threats. "We're very visible, and the police chief said these death threats were some of the ugliest things she's ever heard in her life. When people...
...There's no doubt in my mind that this election does do what the 1960 election did," said Richard E. Neustadt, Dillon professor of government, emeritus...
...elections of Kennedy and Clinton, two relatively young candidates, revitalized the image of the presidency, said Neustadt. The age gaps between the two presidents and their predecessors were the largest in American history...
Both Eisenhower and Bush appeared at the end of their presidencies to be tired and "out of steam," Neustadt said. The new presidents, in contrast, excited the younger generations of the nation...
...final inanity of Broken Contract lies on the back cover, which contains several blurbs praising the recent HLS graduate/whiner. The notes come from none other than Marty Peretz (surprise -- Peretz attended Kahlenberg's wedding and led his undergraduate junior seminar), and Richard Neustadt, who, according to Kahlenberg, took the author on a canoeing trip...