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There were caveats, of course -there always are-but the reportorial thrust was plain. Joseph Kraft in November found Muskie "still in commanding position." In December, New York Times Political Correspondent R.W. Apple Jr. wrote that "all the information at hand suggests Muskie will be hard to stop," and was "in a good position to clinch his party's nomination early." The Washington Post's David Broder labeled Muskie "the most popular Democrat who will actually be in the primaries," and added: "That situation, as John Kennedy showed, can be converted into victory...
Even as the Democrats set themselves to the task of selecting a presidential candidate, the Republicans were thrust into the quandary of choosing a new convention site. Until recently, G.O.P. leaders were busily making plans for an Aug. 21 convention in San Diego. But a massive problem soon cropped up in the person of Peter Graham, 42, new operator of the San Diego International Sports Arena, where the convention was to have been held...
...designer Peter Agoos and lighting crew David Chaplin and Marlene Nelson were vital collaborators in the general success. Agoos' three-tiered circular stage gave the performers both space and a versatile set for barrooms and statues. With a thrust stage and cabaret setting the lighting was crucial--and flawless...
...large and well-organized Indian community in Detroit responded to the INS thrust by raising $2,600 in pledges and donations that will be used to pay bail bonds and to help needy students over financial humps. Some of the community's leaders have complained to Michigan Senator Philip Hart and Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Hart called the Detroit crackdown "rather harsh and drastic," and urged that students from developing countries be allowed to hold jobs "in order to take advantage of the educational system" in the U.S. The State Department...
...united by the consistent theme that our strike was against American imperialism: in protest against the escalated tactics of the government's imperialist foreign policy in Indochina and against the decision of the Harvard Corporation to support corporate imperialism in Angola by retaining its Gulf Oil stock. Clearly the thrust of the resolutions was that if any protest is to have long-term effect, it must strike at the roots of involvement: a general commitment to stability, free markets, and open access to raw materials in the Third World. These are the dicta of American imperialism-Vietnam...