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...program," Stephen A. McCarthy, head librarian of Cornell said. "What we hope for is several very large donations,' he added, "since the last thing we want to do is to run a Community Chest Drive. The new library is available, but it will come at a rather steep price...
...Long, Steep Climb. With such factors in mind-plus the fact that even in the Midwest the farm vote is less than 20% of the total-Adlai Stevenson's big farm push seemed to be winning back only Missouri (where his prospects look good) and Oklahoma (where he. appears to have a decided edge), along with a chance for Minnesota. Given those three and the South (although Florida and border-state Kentucky cannot be considered solid for the Democrats), Stevenson would still fall considerably short of the necessary 266 electoral votes...
...deficit in the Far West-where his best chance is to grab onto Senator Warren Magnuson's flying coattails in Washington-and the industrial Northeast, where Pennsylvania looked especially important to the political swarms that were heading its way. That the Stevenson campaign still faced a steep uphill climb was evidenced by last week's Gallup poll, showing Ike still ahead of Adlai by 52% to 41%, with 7% undecided. For all the talk of farm revolt and G.O.P. disaster, Adlai Stevenson had not yet gained a single percentage point on Dwight Eisenhower since the poll published...
Pete Reider jumped into the lead at the one-half mile mark, with Dave Norris second, Bill Morris third, and Mac Brown fourth. Down the steep hill at the three-quarter mark Captain Dave McLean moved up into third position. At this point, the Crimson controlled the first 11 places...
...Assisi one day last June, Don Giovanni Rossi knelt in chapel before the Blessed Sacrament. Outside, a man pounded down the steep, cobbled street loudly singing a popular tune. Don Giovanni's prayer faltered, and he thought ruefully: "If only that fellow were singing of Jesus, my mind wouldn't wander...