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Oliver Quayle, who did extensive private polling in Wisconsin, caught the McGovern trend there. His surveys found McGovern steadily climbing from a disheartening 9% in January to a respectable 19% in early March and, by late March, to a winning margin of 28% in the twelve-candidate field. McGovern actually...
The resentments were deferred, not dismissed. In the palmy days of Hollywood, a story made the rounds. Actor: "How should I play this scene, Mr. Chaplin?" Reply: "Behind me and to the left." It was more than a critique of the star's egomania; it was also a comment...
In the end, though, no amount of administrative reform is likely to save Americans from the necessity of paying higher taxes. The nation is not running out of money so much as it has misallocated its resources so badly that it now faces a staggering bill for the public services...
On the Catholic side, the killings immensely increased the influence of the I.R.A. terrorists, who now have more applicants than they can possibly train. Internment had confirmed the Catholics' worst fears about the Protestant-dominated Stormont government: that its ultimate answer to Catholic political and civil rights demands would...
Too few opponents of capital punishment are willing to concede the full weight of the emotion of vengeance. Before reaching the high court, Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: "The first requirement of a sound body of law is that it should correspond with the actual feelings and demands of the community...