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There was a town meeting in Carroll, Iowa, last week in which normally reliable applause lines fell flat. "Tough crowd," winced Nelson Warfield, Dole's campaign press secretary. There were Rotary Club breakfasts in Manchester, New Hampshire, after the first big Republican debate, where an informal vote yielded a landslide...
Various intellectual currents reflect this shortage of civility in modern civilization. The "communitarian" movement, lately championed by Democratic and Republican leaders alike, aims to restore a sense of social kinship, and thus of moral responsibility. And various scholars and politicians (including Putnam) are now bemoaning the shrinkage of civil society...
DIED. MARY CAPERTON BINGHAM, 90, philanthropist; in Louisville, Kentucky. Moments after acknowledging a Rotary dinner toast by saying, "The best thing would be for a big pink cloud to come down and take me away," Bingham collapsed from a heart attack. She was the widow of media baron Barry Bingham...
Thus the question becomes not whether to apply, but when and for what. All fellowships are not created equal. A Rockefeller can beat a Rotary but not a Fulbright, while a Truman trumps a Stride-Rite with ease.
The trouble is that over the past 20 years, the general direction of the dollar has been down. Remember the phrase "sound as a dollar"? It used to be popular, back when telephones were black and had rotary dials.