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...ABOVE THE CONCERT bedlam in the skydeck of the Civic Center, around an elegant open bar in the Royal Roost hideaway and at hors d'oeuvre-covered tables seemingly secure behind amber one-way glass, just that prospect--Carter's potential for "sweeping the country"--was the talk of paunchy potential donors, paunchier Rhode Island political hacks and lean-with-ambition Carter staff aides alike...
Carter personally is warming to the spotlight. "This is my best-attended press conference ever," he told the 100 or so newsmen in the Royal Roost. Then, mingling with well-wishers at the bar (though, true to a deacon's demeanour, not imbibing himself), Carter looked to and fro and said excitedly, "There must be 500 people here. We only expected around 25 or so." And in some impromptu speech-making under the klieg lights with the mayors of Woonsocket and Saugus, chairmen of his Rhode Island campaign: "Last week, I predicted for the first time that on March...
...tell you," Jim Gammil '75 said, pulling up the sleeves of his "Win, Lose or Draw" knit shirt and speaking with a touch of nervousness from his seat in the Royal Roost, insulated against the amplified roar of "Elizabeth Reed," "I didn't think I was going to work for a candidate--I thought I'd work for the Democratic National Committee again this year. But when Jimmy came to Kirkland House last spring, we ended up putting him up for the night. He slept on our fold-down couch. I spent two days with him. And I was sold...
Harvard students have a reputation for being lousy fans. Cool dispassionate observers rule the roost at Harvard Stadium. Clever, cryptic cuts dominate conversations at Soldier's Field and a social faux pas is admitting you're even considering going to the football game before Saturday noon...
...which is antithetical to the doctrines of Adam Smith. "In the long run we are all dead," Keynes said in dismissing the long-term consequences of his tampering with the free market. Well, Keynes is dead but we are not, and the chickens he hatched are coming home to roost...