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...Experiments in History Teaching," a program of the Harvard-Danforth Center for Teaching and Learning, will hold the second of five monthly workshops on new approaches to history teaching December 11 in the Harvard Science Center...
Missouri's attorney general John C. Danforth, 40, easily won the U.S. Senate seat long held by Democrat Stuart Symington; by the size of his victory, Danforth almost automatically becomes a G.O.P. force to be reckoned with. So does Illinois' new Governor James R. ("Big Jim") Thompson, 40, the tough prosecutor who swamped the hand-picked nominee of the Daley machine...
...well, like Notre Dame v. Slippery Rock. In his race against former Democratic Governor Warren Hearnes, 53, popular Attorney General John Danforth, 40, had youth, money, an unsullied reputation (in addition to his law degree, he holds a bachelor of divinity degree from Yale). He also had a usefully ambivalent image as both a liberal and a conservative. As it turned out, Danforth won the support of an impressive 57% of the voters, and thus will become the first Republican Senator from Missouri in almost 25 years...
...with his family in the crash of a small plane carrying them to a victory celebration. As a fillin, Hearnes, who had been a distant second in the primary, looked like a loser from the start. He had only about $151,000 in campaign funds for the battle with Danforth, who spent $600,000. Forced to scrimp, Hearnes served as his own campaign manager, advance man, and even driver...
...while, Danforth crisscrossed the state in a red-white-and-blue Chevy van. The candidates took similar stands on several important issues-against school busing, abortion, handgun registration and public works projects to reduce unemployment. But from the beginning, the campaign focused on character. Scarred by a grand jury investigation into corruption during his governorship (he was never indicted), Hearnes was on the defensive much of the time. Danforth can be a tough political infighter on issues he cares about-notably, the curse of Big Government. He has vowed to go to Washington "and be somewhat of a pain...