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There is bipartisan testimony that Reagan's pleas for time to give his policies a chance are registering with many voters. Says former Vice President Walter Mondale, who has been campaigning for Democratic candidates: "You get the darndest feeling out there that it's supposed to be patriotic...
At Harvard, where political ambition runs rampant, the response to these early pleas has been enthusiastic. Leaflet drops and telephone campaigns are well underway. Democratic Club Vice President David Thottungal '84 says interest in party politics has hit a peak after a year of quiet organizing. Even the Republicans at...
A key factor that may discourage even greater participation is that candidates often want students to "get out into the wards" to make last-minute pleas for votes. Many Harvard students consider themselves above such menial work, he adds with a smile.
No one was more aware of the risks than Reagan. He drafted a prime-time TV speech to be delivered this week if the House and Senate are ready for a showdown vote on a tax and spending-cuts package that no one really likes. He postponed a vacation trip...
The defendants, of course, are claiming that a second trial would violate the Fifth Amendment's double-jeopardy clause. The rule, as the Supreme Court reiterated it in 1975, is: "When a defendant has been once convicted and punished for a particular crime, principles of fairness and finality require...