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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there's a whole slew of weak Democrats drowning in strong Republican districts: New York's Stanley Lundine is said by many to be gone, and California Dem Jerry Patterson is having a hard time keeping his head above water. To this list add James McClure Clark, Don Albosta, Bob Carr, Tim Penny and Joe Minish. All of these Democrats are ideologically off base in their respective districts...

Author: By Andrew S. Doctoroff, | Title: A House Divided Won't Be Won Over | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

...Entrapment, humiliation, accusation and scorn rise above sympathy and understanding. The debates and their breathless aftermaths demand a winner. If there is none on first viewing, one will be created. One contender is expected to exult and preen, the other to scowl and slink out of town, like Floyd Patterson after his K.O. by Sonny Listen in Chicago. It is the heavyweight championship of politics, and in the ensuing days the air waves are filled with videotape highlights. It is a lousy way to choose a President, and has been since the first modern confrontation back in 1960 between Richard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: The Big Fight Syndrome | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

...again. There isn't any bottom to anywhere now. The sun is trying to shine some, which looks good." Correspondent Rosie Ragland from over at Red Oak reported that "Pearl Davis and I purchased 15 hens from Mary Redman Saturday night." For the record, Ragland also wrote: "Norma Patterson has the shingles." Mrs. Hartley Williams' word from Archey Valley was "I am feeling some better after being in bed most of last week. I can be up now and do light housework...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Arkansas: Whittling Away | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...Yale meet, three new school records were set: Mariquits Patterson long jumped an unprecedented 19-21/2 feet. Theresa Moore ran the 100 meters in a dashing 12.1 seconds, and Busby breezed by all competition in 25.1 seconds in the 200 meter...

Author: By Johan Ahr, | Title: Almost Perfect | 5/11/1984 | See Source »

...these fragile norms must always be treated sensitively and vigilantly defended. Blacks, Jews, Palestinians, and other victims of oppression must recognize their special stake in vigilant defense of fairness and free speech. That some Black students at Harvard Law School fail to recognize this is, as I and Prof. Patterson emphasized in our letter, tragic indeed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BLSA | 5/1/1984 | See Source »

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