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...hope Frosch in his bright piece on the communication breakdown between the aged and those on the flowery side of thirty (It used to be twenty-five!) has the universals he hints at clearly in mind...
...finally take is not yet clear, however. Besides the House Judiciary Committee's plan for a direct election, there are also schemes to retain electoral votes in some form. One such plan would divide each state's electoral votes among the candidates according to the popular-vote breakdown. Another would elect members of the Electoral College by local districts...
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...become disparaging and intolerant of the Outsiders. And so Wolfe's Americans--both in his essays and his cartoons--make their assault on the Cult of their choice with a frightening determination, at once both grim and fierce. What it all amounts to is a grand nervous breakdown on a nationwide scale. It's to Tom Wolfe's credit, that he makes such madness attractive, if not downright respectable...
...greatest pressure appears to be on Crimson offense. "In the games in which we've had problems, a major factor has been a breakdown in scoring in the second half," Zuckerman explained...