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...clear majorities exist today. Says Massachusetts' State Representative Barney Frank: "Up to World War II, there were many more majority-type issues than there are now?Social Security, labor benefits, social and economic programs. Today most issues are not of concern to the majority, and we can't count on it to be self-sacrificing enough to pass them." Of course, inflation is becoming the new majority concern, along with such matters as energy, health care and food prices. But constructing new majorities for action, and creating even the beginnings of a new consensus, remains the most formidable task...
...more important, a very old political skill. Harry Truman spoke of it when he said: "You know what makes leadership? It is the ability to get men to do what they don't want to do and like it." That really amounts to a redefinition of self-interest. As Barney Frank...
...York, Bangor, Detroit, Chicago, Kankakee and elsewhere. Books were quietly shelved in many libraries and even burned (32 copies of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five) in Drake, N. Dak. But, by and large, even smutty books and magazines still sold; the X-rated movies still showed. Says Barney Rossett, head of erotically oriented Grove Press: "Despite the fears, nothing much happened...
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Within spitting distance of Harvard Square, Barney's serves New York style steaks with New York style prices. The latest gimmick is a 10 per cent surcharge to cover the rise in food prices. On football Saturdays, there are hordes of alums--the type who prefer not to drink from a make-shift tailgate bar. Downstairs at Barney's serves excellent hot sandwiches and beer at more moderate prices...