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...since early February the wintery weather's reign has been tougher to handle than most Harvard opponents. In recent months, snow-free Crimson playing fields have been rarer sights than construction-free days in Harvard square...
...hunting ground for Mondale, New York is like Illinois, only more so. "It is more Democratic-with a big D-more ethnic, more elderly, more unionized than Illinois," says Tim Russert, counselor to New York Governor Mario Cuomo. Says a Mondale campaign official: "New Yorkers are tougher, more cynical and not as taken by the idea of newness. Plus Hart's newness has been out there a while." New York City Mayor Ed Koch backs Mondale, as do Cuomo and 55 of 62 county chairmen. Unlike Illinois, New York does not allow independents and Republicans to vote...
...Democratic candidates for President have talked about acid rain in their campaigns. Additional pressure on the White House came last week when six northeastern states-New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island-brought suit in Federal District Court in Washington to force the EPA to enact tougher restrictions on sulfur-dioxide emissions...
...upcoming primaries in Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania will provide a tougher test for Jackson. Northern blacks traditionally are less swayed by appeals from the black church, which has been the power plant of Jackson's campaign. But after his impressive showings on Super Tuesday and in Saturday's Arkansas, Mississippi and South Carolina caucuses, the two front runners cannot take him lightly. Says black State Representative Robert Holmes of Atlanta: "Jackson's candidacy sends a message to liberals like Mondale that they will have to do more than mouth tokenisms...
...think Princeton, Brown, Yale and Harvard are going to be playing some of the tougher teams in the area, like UMass and Maine, teams we haven't been playing a lot before, and I hope this added experience will show at the tournament," the Crimson mentor says...