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John Anderson's agonizing and protracted search for a vice president also testifies to the growing importance of the number-two man during a campaign. In his attempt to enlist a well-known running mate who could help revive his faltering campaign, Anderson approached Boston's Mayor White, former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, and New York Governor Carey. at the same time gaining much media coverage while political analysts speculated on his eventual choice. Anderson's failure to attract a nationally-known vice president--he finally selected Patrick Lucey, former Governer of Minnesota--lost him an opportunity to resuscitate his campaign...
...role of the vice president has changed greatly since the days when the number-two man on the ticket did little more than attract a few regional votes. In the post-Watergate years the positions, personalities and characters of potential candidates have been closely scrutinized before nomination. And over a longer period--with the growing size and complexity of the federal bureaucracy--the vice presidency has evolved into a position with more substantive duties...
Freshmen standouts Maria Pe and Erica Schulman sparked in their debut performances. Pe, playing at the number-two position, made the most of her effective forehand, coasting to a 6-1, 6-3 triumph. Schulman patiently grooved groundstrokes to outsteady her opponent at the number three slot, 6-3, 6-2. Senior captain Martha Roberts used her powerful serve-and-volley game to mow down Chris Carson, the number four UMass player, 6-2, 7-5. And Spunky sophomore, Debbie Kalish, overcame an ankle injury that had plagued her most of last season, defeating Sue Cochiatto...
Midwestern aberrations aside, all those reports told us pretty much the same thing: Ford would have liked the number-two spot, but only if Reagan had promised to give the former chief executive everything except his first-born son (giving Ford his second son, would-be Nureyev Ron Jr., was always a part of the deal); when Reagan refused to sign over his soul, the dream faded...
...Harvard lacrosse team received an official invitation to the NCAA championships yesterday. The Crimson, seeded seventh in the nation, will travel to Baltimore, Md., Wednesday to confront number-two rated Johns Hopkins in the tourney's first round...