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...some scholarly support. Austin Ranney, a resident political scientist at the American Enterprise Institute, points out that the losers in past elections have often blamed the electorate. In their despair they have decided that the voters were "a bunch of jerks," not "the good peasants and yeomen" of yore. This time, says Ranney, the sense of disunion may be greater than ever. The group of inbred Democrats who have controlled the thought and mechanics of official Washington for so long is exquisitely geared to "issues," having encyclopedic knowledge of programs and laws but limited sensitivity to the intangibles of leadership...
...Lord Mayor's, her colleagaes', the public's or otherwise dwell on the difference it would make to have a woman in this traditional, little-heard-of and Shakespearean-sounding position. To do that would imply that maleness had been intrinsic somehow to the job in times of yore. It did not describe Donaldson's height, build or what she was wearing on the day of the appointment--as most publications, and the Times in particular still tend to do with irritating consistency. It did not deem the event a big enough deal to spark interest in the admittedly masculine...
...unsettled opponents and turned everyone else into admirers. But two months ago Bjorn Borg announced that the thrill had gone, and last week in Monaco he played his final tournament. In the first round, facing José-Luis Clerc, 24, Borg bobbed along the baseline like the champion of yore, putting the Argentine away in 77 minutes, 6-1, 6-3. But the next day, against Frenchman Henri Leconte, 19, Borg went down 4-6, 7-5, 7-6. Still, his sights are set differently now. "I know exactly what I want to do," said Borg of a newfound love...
...minimal concessions necessary to keep a rebellious Congress from attacking the core of his program, chiefly the income tax cuts, the social spending rollback and the big military buildup. For that matter, the change in tone is also less than total. Echoes of the chipper, partisan Reagan of yore rang through the President's remarks last week, and doubtless will resound in the State of the Union speech as well. At his news briefing, Reagan once more pinned blame for the recession on "the overtaxing, overspending, over-regulating binge of the '60s and '70s . . . that...
...them all. If Karajan or Solti or Lenny wants a piece that is slotted in for me, I'll give it to them in a minute." At a time when major conductors regularly jet around the world, Levine is a throwback to the orchestra-building maestros of yore. "I don't spend my time on planes," he says. "I'm proud of that...