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Harvard's offense continued to sputter early in the second period, giving the ball back to the hosts in good field position...
...Mondale to take a closer look at the also-runners. A New York Times/CBS News poll showed that the former astronaut had parachuted into a tie with Jesse Jackson for second place among registered Democratic voters (each at 14%), far behind Mondale's 44%. If Glenn continues to sputter on the trail, and if Mondale fails to sew up the nomination in the first few primaries (two very big ifs), Hart seems best positioned, for the moment, to be the beneficiary of any opening for a fresh challenge to Mondale...
With all the publicity generated by the new movie The Right Stuff, perhaps the presidential candidacy of the Ohio Senator and former astronaut ought to be in some kind of celestial orbit. In reality, down-to-earth problems seem to be causing the John Glenn campaign to sputter. The latest sign of trouble: a major shake-up of Glenn's staff that reflects serious problems within the Senator's campaign effort...
...whom, then, will power pass as the old men die off? Does this Congress dare test its will against the will of the party? What haunts thoughtful Chinese and foreign diplomats alike is the guess on the stability of the new regime. How many old hatreds, old scores sputter in opposition to the new course...
...called debt bomb has continued to sputter, and last week the 26 Latin borrowers joined forces for the first time to demand that banks relax their repayment terms. "We have broken the taboo of not even mentioning the words 'concerted action,' " said Carlos Alzamora, permanent secretary of the Latin American Economic System, a regional group...