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...Muskie and the other leading Democrats had their answer to Maggie Smith: as a seasoned politician and a proven vote getter, Lucia Cormier was a leading candidate for the Senate nom ination; as a woman, she was a natural. No matter which of the ladies from Maine gets the toga, women permeate U.S. politics so thoroughly as to indicate that they have only begun to fight. As voters, party workers, politicians, they will play a larger, more important role in the affairs of state in the 19605. And as their absorption in politics grows, their voices will be heard, emphatically...
...Angeles last week. The cartoonists were still having trouble capturing their man, though they were trying hard (see cuts). But the big journalistic guns of the convention-the political columnists-all thought they knew Kennedy, and they liked what they saw. Joseph Alsop, who wears gloom like a toga, was very nearly radiant. "The Senator," he wrote, "has a peculiarly effective public personality, with a strong, immediate appeal to almost every class and group of voters. The Democrats have not merely chosen a formidable contestant; they have chosen a truly remarkable man, full of promise, with a strength and stature...
...they could produce a handsome Athena or Roma, helmet and all. They dutifully gave Buddha's head the magic bump that marked his Buddhahood-though they were likely to disguise it under a mop of hair inspired by Apollo. Buddha himself often appeared draped in a Roman toga, and some of the men could have come straight out of the Roman Senate. But while the artists borrowed, they did not copy; the spiritual serenity of their work could have come only from the East...
When he casts aside his senatorial toga and puts on his campaign hat, though, Candidate Humphrey forgets about the small adjustments, lets fly with his old fervor. In Ketchikan last fortnight, he found such an occasion. "Fortunately we bought Alaska from the Russians." he cried. "We all know what Russia would be doing now if she owned it. She would be developing the vast potential of the Yukon. Unfortunately, the Administration looks on the Yukon as just another stream. This country needs to get a vision of what America needs...
...unique. In the 2nd century, the satirist Juvenal graphically described the swarming streets of ancient Rome. They were thick with litter bearers, chariot jams, and furious drivers who knocked people down and ran over them in their haste to get home to dinner. Many a Roman mumbled in his toga: "Quid hercle faciamus de obstructione?"* But it was not until late 19th century London that the commuter appeared as a distinct type. London's rapid growth called for so much space for businesses that citizens were forced out of the center of the metropolis, had to commute to work...