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...recounts the campaign of 1968, a year of tragedy and stress. Nixon capitalized on the turmoil, playing to Main Street's abhorrence of disorder. Yet he also threaded his way between the extremism of George Wallace and the ambivalence of Hubert Humphrey. Nixon's caution almost enabled Humphrey to recoup in the final days, but the Republican knew his constituency well enough to squeeze out a puny plurality. Over the next four years, he built that slight advantage into a mighty force despite the agony of Viet Nam. Ambrose leaves his protagonist in inexplicable melancholy after the 1972 triumph...
...semiconductor industry. Ten years ago, U.S. companies manufactured 80% of the world's computer microchips, but since then the Japanese have taken over roughly that share. Last week a group of seven American computer companies, including archrivals IBM and Digital Equipment, announced a move that might help the U.S. recoup some of its lost ground. The companies will create a joint venture that will manufacture and sell dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips using IBM technology...
Last week, the Cambridge City Council voted to sue the state to recoup its hospital funds unless Gov. Michael S. Dukakis agrees to meet with city officials...
More than one-third of the students in the state education system are being dunned for up to $100 in emergency fees this semester to recoup $20 million in state-ordered budget cuts, the state education chancellor said this week...
...such lavish spending might seem foolhardy. But NBC executives were upbeat. The Games will begin in late July, they point out, when TV competition should be relatively light. (Because of the time difference, however, most events will be shown on tape rather than live.) What's more, NBC will recoup part of its investment by selling the rights for some events to cable. "We didn't go into this to lose money," said NBC president Robert Wright. Increasingly, in the high-stakes world of network TV, it just seems to work out that...