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...shocking sum of $195,000 to win a U.S. Senate seat from Michigan in 1918, Congress-six years later -passed the Corrupt Practices Act. The law's principal proviso is that no single donor may give more than $5,000 to any one national campaign organization. As a result, candidates who are seriously interested in winning commonly set up dozens of such organizations; thus a big contributor can simply spread his largesse around in $5,000 wads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Campaign: The Legacy of Truman Newberry | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

...Subversion and economic and political pressures result in frittering away of energies," he said. He added that the United States is buying time in Vietnam to permit second generation leaders in other Southeast Asian countries to put their nations back on a constructive track...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lee Says Vietnam Victory Is Worth U.S. Sacrifices | 12/5/1968 | See Source »

Another backer of the YPSL referndum plan, Henry D. Fetter '71, said that a confrontation similar to the Dow demonstration of last year could result if student opinion is not channeled into peaceful means of expression. He concluded with a prediction that "democracy will prevail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty to Consider ROTC Today But Probably Won't Make Decision | 12/3/1968 | See Source »

...song "Why don't we do it in the road?" A song with such a simple structure needs, and is ideally suited for, extensive musical exploration. The Beatles waste this opportunity with pedantic and sluggish guitar work and a generally uninspired musical conception, though Ringo tries hard. As a result the song falls flatter than it might have; particularly so because the shock value of the first line--"Why don't we do it in the road?"--is undercut by the second line which goes "No one will be watching...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Beatles | 12/3/1968 | See Source »

...gets nauseating). But there does seem to be an inherent confusion of purpose in the Lampoon's approach to its role as "humor magazine." In most of this month's pieces, clever Poonies work from the assumption that if they imitate any kind of over-used literary genre, the result will be funny. Often...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: The Lampoon | 12/2/1968 | See Source »

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