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...come first. There was no way for McGovern to look good. His critics could contend that he put expediency above the anti-professional political idealism that his candidacy had seemed to espouse. Arguments will undoubtedly continue over whether his stature would have grown or diminished if he had never wavered in his support of Eagleton, fought out the health issue on purely medical grounds. His admirers and most professional politicians will argue that abandoning Eagleton was something he simply had to do if he was to stand any chance of getting the campaign focused on its real target, Richard Nixon...
...hyper expressionistic playing of the first half of the concert would have been quite appropriate in the Berg Quartet. Here, unhappily, the energetic intensity of the performance at times bordered on hysteria--the only moments of the evening when solid technical mastery began to waver. Too many crunchy or strained fortissimi, and an over-emphasis of percussive aspects resulted in something like Everyman's stereotype of a 'modern' work; and the audience response was stereotypically reserved. But all of this is contrary not only to the spirit of the score, but also to Berg's expressed attitude toward the performance...
...Faculty Waver On Possible Outcome
Supporters and Critics. He does all this, or claims to, by getting his patient to write in ways that promote positive values. Someone whose base lines waver (a sign of instability) or descend (depression, fear) is asked to practice running the lines upward on the page (optimism, ambition) until it becomes a habit. When that happens, De Sainte Colombe insists, the subconscious gets the message, and the undesired personality defect vanishes...
...that morning, the White House was getting desperate. Liaison men under Bryce Harlow began telephoning every Republican who might waver. They tried to convince each one that he was the key to victory for Carswell: "You're the one. You make the difference." Incredibly, some, like Maryland's Charles Mathias, had been ignored until then. There was now great alarm in the White House, and the President was frantic for information. Senator Dole called Nixon Tuesday night. "How does it look?" the President asked. "Rough," said Dole. "It hinges on two Senators, Mrs. Smith and Marlow Cook...