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...cool Hart grew warmer in the spotlight. He dropped his diffidence and reached into crowds. On the stump he was clear and forceful. "Your sons shouldn't be sent to Central America to serve as bodyguards for some dictator," he declared at a Women for Hart rally in Concord. His oft repeated pitch that he represents a "new generation" of leadership found a receptive audience. New Hampshire's growing population of Yuppies (Young Urban Professionals) made a natural constituency: exit polls later showed that Hart won the under-40 vote by almost 3 to 1. Some 40% said...
...enough." Everyone--starting with the teacher--has to feel free to say, "I don't know, but I can find out." Joseph S. Nye, professor of Government, who appeared in one of the Harvard-Danforth Center's many panel discussions on teaching, recommended telling students, "You're bound to stump me if you're any good." That formula elevates everyone high enough so that a little ignorance doesn't drop anyone out of heaven. Losing the fear of annihilation is worth a lot. Most of us will readily give up for it certain poses and tones, certain archaic signs...
...prominent Jew to pull in the Jewish vote, but Koch had his price: a substantial federal takeover of the city's Medicaid payments and a more active pro-Israel position in a hostile United Nations. Carter was forced to concede, and a grudgingly satisfied mayor set off to stump Brooklyn and Miami Beach, telling his aides, "It's amazing what fear will...
...baby kissing, hoping that his space-age appeal and media campaign can win support on a wholesale basis. "Just being an American hero will always get him some votes up here," says Democratic State Senator Bobby Stephen. Glenn's reticence with voters and his performances on the stump-some fine, some less so-are making it hard for him to recoup ground he has lost to Mondale. The latest Gallup poll shows Mondale with the support of 49% of Democratic voters nationwide, while Jesse Jackson (14%) has drawn even with Glenn (13%). But the man whose pulse rate rose...
Mondale owes some of his lead to the failings of his rivals. Most disappointing has been John Glenn, the astronaut turned Senator. His hero status and centrist politics made him a logical match for Ronald Reagan. But the more Glenn hit the stump, the further he fell in the polls. He comes off as a good, gray technocrat, offering facts, not vision, often lapsing into jargon and digressions that leave audiences drowsy. He can show zest, though, sometimes speaking clearly and substantively on favorite issues, such as arms control and cutting the budget deficit. Since his positions are closer...