Word: partisans
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Died. Philip Rahv, 64, Russian-born literary critic who helped found, in 1934, and edit, until 1969, the leftist literary-political magazine Partisan Review; following a brief illness; in Cambridge, Mass. A professor of English at Brandeis University since 1957, Rahv was the author of three collections of essays, most notably Literature and the Sixth Sense...
...Vice President Gerald Ford urged the House Judiciary Committee to speed up its leisurely pace and get the impeachment question out of the way before the congressional election campaign begins in earnest. He said that if the issue is not resolved by April, "then you can say it is partisan." Indeed, some Democrats would like to have the committee's proceedings drag on into the year to embarrass the G.O.P...
...also showed poise under pressure. At the end of the first half Goldson scored on three long jumpshots in the last minute to give his team a 35-32 lead. The last basket came with one second on the clock and left the partisan crowd roaring...
...terms of effectiveness, one-party rule can again prove stifling. The Massachusetts legislature, which could wield great force in solving Cambridge's ills, was ranked 33rd in a recent non-partisan study of the 50 state legislatures in the country. The study tested the legislatures for efficiency, service to constituents, length of sessions and other factors. "Interestingly, those legislatures that were ranked lower than Massachusetts were mostly those states that have been dominated by a one-party system longer than we have," the Massachusetts Republican State Committee noted. "Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Vermont, Kansas, and other states completely enswathed...
...lack of an effective Republican presence in Cambridge hurts both those who seek strong alternatives on issues and an effective partisan watchdog. But there have been some recent glimmers of life in the Cambridge GOP. The Democrat/Republican margin in the last three presidential elections has narrowed: 10 to 1 in 1964, 5 to 1 in 1968, and 3 to 1 in 1972. One fourth of the current Harvard freshman class has indicated some interest in joining the Harvard Republican Club. The club now has a community action chairman, and some of its members worked with Cambridge Republicans on State Senator...