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...three weeks ago when Keating announced that his polls showed him significantly out in front. While Kennedy's aides feel this may have been true three weeks ago, Keating lost his most valuable asset: the image of the old, experienced community servant fighting a losing battle against a young upstart. Kennedy readily embraces the role of underdog and always rates the campaign a "close, tough contest" when questioned by newsmen. He pooh-poohs the Daily News poll which shows him in front three...
...Davis Cup, by beating the U.S., three matches to two. To be sure, that was not precisely the way Captain Hopman, 58, had planned it. "We'll win 4-1," he predicted before the challenge round started - but after the first two singles and the doubles, the upstart Americans led 2-1. Then came the crucial match between Australia's Fred Stolle, 26, and the U.S.'s talented and temperamental Dennis Ralston. Last year, when the U.S. beat Australia 3-2 in Melbourne, Hopman was criticized for leaving Stolle off the team, playing young John Newcombe instead...
...ready to accept some training, Johnson sought out the Minnesotan. "Hubert," he said, "I want you to meet the people around here who count." Humphrey took to talking with Georgia's wise old Senator Walter George, who had been among the first to scorn Hubert as an upstart. Senate veterans still remember how Humphrey worked to win George's respect, constantly asking questions and seeking advice from the old man. Before too long, George was telling his colleagues that young Humphrey wasn't a bad fellow...
These days it takes a generous supply of gumption and money to launch a daily in the face of established opposition. The last time anyone had the nerve to try was in Phoenix, Ariz., where after two years, the upstart competitors have yet to find their place. But Atlanta's new paper looked uncommonly hale for a journalistic juvenile. The Times's 128-page debut issue thumped on 175,000 doorsteps, a neatly balanced, eye-pleasing display of big pictures and ample white space to break up the body type. The paper's management claimed a solid...
...Share of Management. Most Americans take a dim view of teachers even threatening to strike. The 858,000-member National Education Association, old-line rival of the upstart 82,000-member American Federation of Teachers, deplores strikes as unprofessional. New York law forbids strikes by public employees. Nevertheless, the A.F.T.'s New York local, bargaining agent for the city's 43,000 teachers, won not only money but something more significant than money: a voice in how the schools will be run. The Board of Education committed itself to consulting the United Federation of Teachers regularly on such...