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...problem remains. Is the Class of '80 represented by the Freshmen Council? Or is the Class of '80 dominated by distinct groups within the Council? Norbert Vonnegut...
Many conservative and moderate Democrats were appalled when, after the national convention, Carter made bald appeals to some of the elements of the old coalition that seemed cool to his candidacy. His choice of Walter Mondale as a running mate was part of that plan. Norbert Dreiling, former Kansas Democratic state chairman, felt that Carter had "blown" the campaign by spending too much time "trying to woo back the liberal wing of the party." Pollster Lou Harris also believed that Carter had taken a large risk by retreating from his independent stance, his widely perceived conservatism, and going after...
...glory of New York is its museums. Highlights: the Metropolitan's special shows-Chinese landscape paintings, Goyas on loan from the Prado, the great Norbert Schimmel collection of ancient art. The Museum of Modern Art displays ideal taxis, the Whitney offers "200 Years of American Sculpture" and the Guggenheim Museum has its whole collection of early 20th century European paintings from 1880-1945 on view. And where else, in the same day, can one look at the only complete manuscript of a Mozart opera in this country (Der Schauspieldirektor, at the Pierpont Morgan Library), a brilliantly nostalgic collection...
...Norbert Y. Zucker Potomac...
Peasant Formula. Russian tales in the oral tradition have a distinctive diction, which is here brilliantly rendered by the translator, Norbert Guterman. This involves such conventions as repetition and introductory and concluding flourishes. The traditional "and they lived happily ever after" may be replaced by the more homely peasant formula, "They celebrated their wedding, and are still alive to this very day and chewing bread." Many stories end with a hint by the storyteller that he is hungry and thirsty after his labors. "There's a tale for you and a crock of butter...