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...core of devoted followers, but it is limited, consisting largely of white-collar workers and well-educated suburbanites who worry about whales, pollution and consumerism. He will be heavily tempted to turn to left-liberal groups who supply eager donors and doorbell ringers, but that could stamp his campaign with an elitist label that could be fatal. Anderson knows he must broaden his appeal to blacks, blue-collar workers, white ethnic groups, but is only now mulling over how to do so. His national unity theme, seeking to win votes from Democrats, Republicans and independents, has landed...
...inflation." But the victim of the tale that he told was the public. Starting next February, Americans are likely to be socked with a huge hike in postal rates, a proposed overall average of 28%. Pending approval by the independent Postal Rate Commission, the cost of a first-class stamp, 15? now, would go to 20?. Since 1952, when a letter could be mailed for 3?, the increase has totaled 567%, more than twice the increase in the cost of living...
More than 50 years ago, Alfred Whitehead and William James wrote the papers and delivered the lectures than put an indelible stamp on the pattern of Western philosophy--and established Harvard's Philosophy Department as one of the finest in the world. Although the small concentration today barely has the staff to cover Eastern and modern philosophy and requires the unpopular logic course, Philosophy 140, its reputation among scholars is unaltered. Only the opportunities to study philosophy at Harvard have changed and they, many concentrators and professors believe, have probably increased and improved since the days of Whitehead and James...
...source in the Durham County Food Stamp Office said she knew of one student receiving food stamps whose parents are Harvard professors. The office is not legally permitted to release the names of recipients...
...tracked down. As in previous counts, census forms will be distributed to hotels, rooming houses and campgrounds; enumerators will visit missions, flophouses, all-night cinemas and tram and bus stations. For the first time census takers, often working in pairs for safety, will drop by pool halls, food-stamp centers, employment offices. They will approach vagrants on street corners and ask whether they have already been counted...