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Minority recruitment programs also have a history of being much less than unqualified successes at Harvard. The Harvard admissions office has managed to increase black enrollment this year, but the number of black freshmen in the Harvard Class of 1978 still remains short of the number of blacks who entered two years ago. The Radcliffe admissions office has had even less success with its recruiting programs; last year the number of black freshmen admitted to Radcliffe dropped from previous levels. And at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, where Ph.D.s are trained and where recruitment would seem...
Perhaps future expansion here should be directed toward the Extension School, so that larger sectors of the community can reap the benefits of continuing education. The success of such a venture would depend on the willingness of Harvard's administration to give some financial support to the school, which at present operates solely on the basis of tuition and a small grant from the Lowell Institute...
Perhaps the most important reason for the Democrats' success was nothing more complicated than the fact that the party had generally managed to put forward the most attractive and distinctive candidates in a campaign in which many of the gubernatorial rivals were taking remarkably similar positions. Among the winners were Raul Castro, the first Chicano to be elected in Arizona; Jerry Apodaca, the first Spanish-surnamed candidate to win in New Mexico in 56 years; and Hawaii's George Ariyoshi, the first American of Japanese ancestry to reach a U.S. Governor's mansion...
Urged into politics by two friends, Common Cause Chairman John Gardner and the late Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson, Longley became disillusioned by the ineffectiveness of both major parties. Running independently, he conducted his campaign with the same hard-driving efficiency that marked his business success. Dozens of college-age volunteers, many recruited by his two daughters, Sue, 18, and Kathy, 21, gave the campaign a populist image, while substantial financial support came from associates in the insurance business. Most important, his almost messianic pitch that efficient business-type management could shave $25 million from Maine's state budget...
...School graduate whose campaign against Republican Incumbent Paul Cronin largely turned into arguments over disclosing income tax returns, personal credibility and political tactics. The campaign became a personality contest in which Tsongas' quiet confidence and unassuming manner were more effective. He had a succinct explanation for his success: "The people wanted a Democrat. We could not have won if Watergate had not taken place...