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Reality struck when the Crimson strolled into Storrs, Conn. to play UConn with more than a little cockiness. They rolled out with a humbling 2-1 defeat in the record books. But maybe it wasn't so humbling. The refs were bad for one thing, right? And it was pretty cold...
Next time someone preaches that "every vote counts," call him or her a fool, a liar, or simply naive. I waited in line 1½ hours at my neighborhood elementary school to vote for a candidate who, three time zones away, had already conceded defeat. What a patriotic dilemma! Should I stay in line and vote anyway...
Meanwhile, an unlikely group is attempting to help the Democrats reformulate their ideology. Emboldened by its success in helping defeat four Democratic liberal Senators this year, the National Conservative Political Action Committee announced last week that it has tentatively marked 20 more Senators, including 17 Democrats, for defeat in 1982. N.C.P.A.C.Chairman Terry Dolan admitted that by announcing the list-which includes Kennedy and Moynihan-so early, the organization hoped to nudge at least some of the legislators away from progressive positions. Warned Dolan: "Liberals ought to be very intimidated by the mood of the American public...
Sadat, the foreign leader who was most disappointed by Carter's defeat, is resigned to a lengthy delay in the negotiations. One inducement to Egyptian patience is the prospect that elections next year in Israel may bring in a new and more flexible government headed by the Labor Party. Earlier this month, Israeli Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres, former Foreign Minister Abba Eban and former Chief of Staff Haim Bar-Lev visited Cairo to take part in a symposium on the Palestinian problem sponsored by the Egyptian magazine October. Sadat took the opportunity to meet with the Israelis...
...years as the crisply formal dowager of Fleet Street, the Times of London has written a glorious history for itself. The newspaper reported the grim news of the doomed charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War and brought word to Britain of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. Alas, it appears that the "Thunderer," as the Times has long been known, may soon meet its own Waterloo. Last month the paper's proprietor, Lord Thomson of Fleet, announced that the Times (circ. 315,700) and its sister Sunday Times (circ. 1,418,500) would be shut down...