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Small N.Y. college wrestles with a not so puckish problem...
...York: Ed Koch, 52, seemed destined to represent his relatively affluent Manhattan congressional district for the remainder of his political career. What, after all, could a balding, puckish Greenwich Village bachelor with a near-perfect A.D.A. record have to say to the rest of the hardbitten, crime-ridden, near-bankrupt city? Quite a bit, as it turned...
Chase shows a cheeky sense of the medium's absurdities and a fearless inclination to bite the hand that bred him. With help from Comedian Tim Conway, a few famous jocks, some dancing poodles and "$12,500 worth of extras," Chase takes puckish potshots at TV sports coverage, presidential press conferences, variety and game shows and, of course, advertising. At times, the old Saturday Night wit is in top form. In a takeoff on Let's Make a Deal, one hyperexcited contestant trades a husband, children and an Arizona home for what's behind the door...
Deepening Impact. McCarthy's puckish byplay, however, could not disguise the deepening impact of his campaign-especially for Democratic Nominee Jimmy Carter. McCarthy's name is now on the ballot in 30 states with a total of 356 electoral votes. National polls have placed his strength between 3% and 12%. TIME'S Yankelovich survey in early October gave McCarthy 7%, a significant figure in a close Ford-Carter finish. A Field survey made two weeks ago in California showed McCarthy winning 10% of the vote in that state on a write-in basis...
...even for New York's Democrats. Bullhorn-voiced and madly hatted, Congresswoman Abzug, serving her third liberal term in the House, scorned her opponent as being little more than a Republican masquerading as a Democrat, and made much of the fact that he had served Richard Nixon as puckish gadfly, adviser and, ultimately, Ambassador to India. In turn, Moynihan made Abzug sound like the wicked witch of the West Side, implying she was guilty of "demagoguery and hypocrisy" for proclaiming her support of Israel while not voting for U.S. defense funds. When Abzug refused at first...