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...Democrats' ability to stitch together an effective coalition, however may not be limitless. Says Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas, a Kennedy supporter who nonetheless questions the traditional liberal philosophy: "I think there comes a swell of realities and eventually someone takes advantage of it. One of our parties is going to deal with those realities in very effective terms. And that party is going to be in power for a very long time...
...Paul T. Knapp, executive director of the Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges: "Up East they cover it with ivy, so you can't see the buildings falling apart. People tend to think these places are too important to wear out." But in maintenance, a stitch in time means long-term salvation. Says William Massy, a vice president at Stanford University: "The trick is to put small amounts of money in early, before the sewer backs up or the lights go out." But, Keith Spalding, president of Franklin and Marshall College, points out, "very few private...
...chest is opened and his heart is connected to a heart lung machine which will maintain the body's circulation while the heart is stopped. In the photograph above, Dr. Crosthwait makes an incision to expose the coronary artery while Dr. Angel aids with forceps. They will then stitch one end of a vein which they have removed from the patient's leg to the coronary and the other end of this vein to the aorta in order to "bypass" an area of bad circulation...
DIED. Walter A. Haas, 90, honorary chairman of the board of Levi Strauss & Co.; in San Francisco. A marketing wizard, Haas joined his father-in-law's floundering jeans company in 1919 and, barely altering a stitch in the product, turned it into an American institution...
Meanwhile, Johnson, who was running 20th at three miles, developed a stitch in his side that slowed him way down. "I dropped 25 places after I got that cramp," he said. "People started passing me right and left...