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...tableau that symbolized the end of the rule of the back room and the boss in the Democratic Party. From that day on, the Democratic Party, carrying with it the G.O.P., would struggle to institutionalize the "open democracy" that was one of the ideals of 1968. Each step of the way, with each new reform and primary rule, the process would become messier and more unwieldy. As a result, the party leaders chosen by the back-room bosses, people like John Kennedy and Adlai Stevenson, were succeeded by contenders like George McGovern and Jimmy Carter, who could best catch...
...jurists in 1986 alone. Now that case, along with the quickening torrent of lawyer donations to judges at all levels, is sparking what could be the first serious reform effort since the system settled into place in 1873. This week Chief Justice John Hill will take the extraordinary step of quitting the bench to lead a drive to abolish the elective process...
Most historical dialectics take a long time. Fortunately, this one can be speeded up. Some finals clubs, notably the Phoenix and the Fox, are experiencing financial difficulties. Were they sued for sex discrimination, the cost of a lawsuit might mean their financial ruin. The UC should step right in and buy them up--before the University has time to bail them out like they did the Hasty Pudding club. A new student center could be constructed on their land, or the buildings could be sold to pay for a student center on, say, the site of the Fly Club...
...best side?" asked an actress during the filming of Lifeboat. "My dear," he replied, not even bothering to look up, "you're sitting on it." A man wrote to say that after seeing poor Janet Leigh butchered in the famous shower scene in Psycho, his wife was afraid to step into the bathtub. What should he do? "Sir," Hitchcock answered, "have you ever considered sending your wife to the dry cleaner...
When the Mir orbiter was launched in February 1986, Soviet officials announced that it would eventually become the first permanently manned space station. Last week the Soviets moved a big step closer to that milestone. As part of the first complete crew change aboard the spacelab, three cosmonauts docked their Soyuz TM-4 craft with Mir, which had been occupied by a team of two since March...