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Will Elvis' grace land him a spot on the ballot in November? He is, by his own admission, the longest of long shots. But with antipolitician fever running rampant, anything can happen. Don't be cruel to the Democrats--their suspicious minds can't help falling in love with a viable contender. You read it here first...
...optimistic, progress-obsessed U.S., the fin de siecle had a different tone and temper. The new century seemed to be the new frontier, and predictions about what it would bring were rampant. Many were accurate, from airplanes to television to freeways to disposable bottles. There were some howlers as well, including the forecast that autos would make streets as quiet as country lanes, that there would be no trees left in America by 1920, and that by the end of the 20th century, blacks would constitute about two-thirds of the U.S. population...
...Pudding's status as Harvard's oldest social club lends itself to this image. Many believe the club has not escaped its legacy of snobbery, and that its member selection process reflects a spirit of superiority that runs rampant in the Pudding...
...advice to first years is: Have fun being bland. The days of rampant choice are over...
...interests of national defense. Smuggled to the West, a collection of Mao's secret telegrams from 1950 appears to vindicate scholars who have long argued that Beijing sought to repel what it feared was U.S. encroachment. Otherwise, Mao warns in one message, "the American invaders will run more rampant" and encourage "the arrogance of reactionaries" in China. Stanford historian Gordon Chang says the cables show how many signals were missed by a couple of powers that behaved "like two men in a dark room...