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...from the pinnacle of G.O.P. leadership and influence. In a post-election statement, he made the point that "more than 25 million people" had voted "not necessarily for me, but for a philosophy that I represent, a Republican philosophy that I believe the Republican Party must cling to and strengthen in the years ahead." Concluded Barry: "Being unemployed as of January 3 or thereabouts, I'll have a lot of time to devote to this party, to its leadership, and to the strengthening of the party, and I have every intention of so doing." Among moderate Republicans, there were...
...Huong had put together a Cabinet of younger men (average age: 47) than had ruled before. They were bureaucrats and technicians who in general were chosen for ability, not to satisfy political debts. The Cabinet was, in Huong's words, determined to "crack down on graft and nepotism, strengthen the economy, improve housing, education and health." What could be wrong with that? Plenty, according to powerful Ngu yen Xuan Chu, 73, acting chairman of the High National Council, a group of official watchdogs known to Saigon cynics as the "National Museum." Huffing that he had not been consulted...
...strengthen his offensive game, Brown coach John McLaughry has moved halfback Bob Hall back to quarterback, where he now alternates with Dunda. And it was Hall who threw two of those bombs against Cornell last week. The junior also quarterbacked the Bruins most of last year...
...career-home question. She can decide that this is a community which scorns the "happy housewife" ideal which is upheld by other colleges, high school friends, and even her family. She can visualize Radcliffe's "community of scholars" as a community of future career women. These distortions will strengthen her own tentative career-plans--and award her a place in a clearly-defined group. And they will generate a self-perpetuating cycle; the more students consider this a community of anti-house-wives, the more it actually becomes...
...appointment of Democratic state chairman Gerry Doherty. Kennedy has been trying to build up a liberal party organization that can work for candidates in the primary, and unify the various personal followings that make up the party. Bellotti's defeat after his divisive primary victory, should tend to strengthen the convention system and discourage primary races based purely on ambition...