Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dangerous breakdown of the most vital negotiations of our time...
...calm Voice of the Administration, exuding almost 350 years of Harvard know-how, belies the confusion and proliferation of courses, students, and teachers that is the summer school these days. Derek Bok tells us Harvard is changing--that its vital task in the coming years will be to learn how to deal with this proliferation of nontraditional students, who come not only in the summertime, but at night and for short courses and for mid-career programs...
...family." The aircraft landed safely, and Hart's shaken entourage took Ozark Air Lines planes to St. Louis and California. Unaware that he was on the way toward a dramatic and offsetting win on the West Coast, Hart canceled election-night network interviews in Los Angeles, missing a possibly vital chance to call attention to his California triumph. NBC had promoted its scheduled interview with Hart on the nightly news. When he bailed out, Correspondent Roger Mudd put questions to an empty chair, a bit of low-blow journalism that enraged the candidate when he heard about it later...
...most unconventional problem. A practitioner of political compromise, Mondale frequently asks reporters who have covered Jackson, "What does Jesse want?" The larger issue of dealing with a fervent black movement seems to elude him. Jackson, who took black votes from Mondale in the primaries but whose followers are vital to Mondale's chances in November, must be subtly massaged. He cannot be assuaged with something like a promise of a Cabinet post or an ambassadorship...
While Mondale tortured himself on the road, his computer-guided organization did its own vital work back in Washington: wooing the roughly 400 uncommitted delegates who could hold the balance at the convention. A team of 14 workers each week sends out 2,000 letters to delegates and makes 1,000 phone calls, rounding up new pledges and fencing in old ones. As Mondale waded about soggy New Jersey, his campaign won the backing of two Governors (Mark White of Texas and William Sheffield of Alaska), nine uncommitted delegates in Mississippi and six in Hawaii. Mondale's aides predict...