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...heavily Democratic Maryland, Mathias, 53, has won four terms to the House and two to the Senate by garnering votes from independents and moderates of both parties. But he is relatively unknown nationally. Before he decides whether to run, he plans to travel "to find out who the independents are." He doubts that most of them consider appealing either the negativism of a George Wallace or the left-wing populism of a Fred Harris, but he has yet to see a poll "sophisticated enough to say where the uncommitted voters are." Wherever they are, Mathias feels the independents will soon...
Russian Advisers. "Sometimes." says one Damascus intellectual, "we feel we are behind the curtain." Despite new openings to foreigners, travel outside the country is difficult for Syrian citizens. Men cannot leave until they have completed military service. Women must be at least 30 years old; before that, they are expected to hold down jobs in place of men in the military. About 50 categories of professionals and technicians, including doctors, lawyers and engineers, are denied exit visas lest they refuse to return home. Also forbidden to emigrate are Syria's 4,000 Jews, the remnant of a community that...
Murphy is also happy about the understanding she said has developed between the women's and men's teams. The Harvard team, Murphy said, thinks "we're real swimmers, not just splashing around in the water." The two teams will travel to Dartmouth together this year for meets, and Murphy said she hopes this will start a future trend...
Sullivan's Travel, 4, 7:15 and 10:30 p.m.; and Trouble in Paradise, 5:40 and 8:55 p.m., starts Sunday...
Says MacPherson: "It's not just the demands, the constant travel, the constituents. It's the inner core of the politician to begin with. The kind of person who picks politics for a career is one who is not comfortable with one-on-one relationships. He prefers, all too often, the roar of the crowd." Among the results of such pressures: Joy Baker, after living most of her life for two Senators−father, Everett Dirksen and husband, Howard Baker−says sadly, "Politics has nullified my personality." Sharon Percy Rockefeller reports that her three-year...