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Rumsfeld may not be in the Pentagon long. He could end up running with Jerry Ford in 1976 (see page 30). No matter how the election turns out, Rumsfeld still has plenty of time to make Nixon's prediction come true. By the time the 1980 election rolls around...
Mary Ellen Preusser said she believes that reform candidates have a "damned good chance" of capturing a 5-4 city council majority this year. Her prediction comes right from the heart; if Preusser is right, she could be the liberal newcomer on the council.
According to liberal Councilor Francis H. Duehay '55, reformers have about a 50-50 chance of capturing that crucial fifth seat, with their triumph depending on a turnout of 70 per cent or more. Aside from the successful registration drive, what makes Duehay's prediction realistic is the relative unity...
Militating against Sullivan's prediction, on the other hand, is a split in the ranks of the Independents, old-style Democrats who draw their strength from working-class and ethnic sections of the city. Last time the five Independent councilors--Sullivan, Daniel J. Clinton, Thomas W. Danehy, Alfred E. Vellucci...
Vast Monolith. Today, of course, it is part of the conventional wisdom that it was Chiang Kai-shek and his coterie of corrupt politicians and generals who "lost" China. But in the '50s, distinctions were not so easy to draw. Most Americans admired Chiang as a hero-and in...