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The honor of delivering the central address indicated that Chernenko was, for now at least, in control of the important post of chief party ideologue. But by carefully echoing positions already taken by Andropov in recent months and deferentially praising his campaign to instill discipline in the work force, Chernenko...
And of Brooks, O'Brien says, "To get a surgeon as eminent as he is as the University's chief surgeon we consider ourselves very fortunate. If you talk to anyone who's had their gallbladder out [at a Harvard hospital]. John Brooks has probably done it."
In the shift from protest to politics, some venerable black institutions ironically are getting left behind. The N.A.A.C.P., once the pre-eminent champion of racial justice, is rived by internal feuding. The bitter personality clash between Chairman Margaret Bush Wilson and Executive Director Benjamin Hooks took an unexpected twist last...
What Lowell envisioned was assembling "a limited number of the most brilliant young men that can be found." These junior fellows would exchange ideas under the guidance of eminent scholars, called senior fellows, without the restrictions of graduate school or the formal dictates of a Ph.D. program. Among the eleven...
If the Democrats lose to Reagan next year, will their pre-eminent contenders turn over the presidential torch to younger compatriots? Hardly. Walter Mondale will be 60 and John Glenn will be 67 in 1988. Both will be beyond the age that we used to judge ideal for the presidency...