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...outset of a campaign that progressed from disarray to the brink of disaster, Hubert Horatio Humphrey confessed to close aides: "I'm dead." He was down so far he had no place to go but up. And up he went-up from a 16-point deficit in the polls, up from the chaos of the Democratic Convention. When he bade good night to loyal Democratic Party workers in the ballroom of the Leamington Hotel in Minneapolis at 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 6, the Vice President was racing neck and neck against Richard Nixon. Crucial states were still teetering...
During the course of a recent two-hour interview, Freidel seemed relaxed--but not at all unaware of the criticism. He admitted at the outset that time had been limited...
...faculty as a whole remains generally optimistic about the progress of the course. Liberal faculty members who supported the course from the beginning feel that it is getting by the rough spots; the "conservative establishment," skeptical from the outset, has had its skepticism reinforced...
...race for individual laurels will probably see a repeat of last year's dual between Harvard's Hardin and Yale captain Frank Shorter. A year ago Hardin outkicked Shorter over the last quartermile for the victory. But last week at Princeton, Shorter set a blistering pace from the outset and eased away from Hardin...
...FROM the outset of the Viet Nam peace talks, the formal meetings at Paris' Hotel Majestic have been counterpointed by private sessions between the U.S. and North Vietnamese delegates. These in turn have apparently influenced Hanoi's conduct of the war. In nearly six months since the talks started, there have been three distinct phases before the present hopeful...