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...competing parties were doing their best to make the voters aware of the election's importance. Almost every inch of available wall space last week had been plastered with posters pro claiming the slogans and accomplishments of rival candidates, accompanied by a blitz of campaign ads and appeals. In all, the parties will have spent an estimated $20 million by the time the voters finally decide an election that no one wanted in the first place...
...Since the Palestine Liberation Organization, whose program is to get rid of Israel, was appointed by the Arabs as their representative for the management of the West Bank, I do not believe the prospects for peace are enhanced. While we are not going to give up an inch of our democratic convictions, we also are not going to give up an inch of our security...
...Students," read the cryptic two-inch ad in last month's Crimson, "if you would like to go to Japan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Iran, Jerusalem, Morocco, and Europe, call this number...
...press secretary and even a former Illinois governor, are among Thompson's victims. Daley's floor leader in the city council just went behind federal bars last month. All of this combined with the fact that he wants a friendly face in the statehouse after battling Walker every inch of the way for four years, could make the Mayor go to any lengths to destroy Thompson in November. Howlett defeated Walker by crushing him in Chicago, but downstate Walker carried almost every county. Howlett will need help down there if he is to triumph over Thompson. Stevenson is very popular...
...stiff." With the possible exceptions of Catfish Hunter, Thurman Munson, and for unfathomable reasons, Lou Piniella, the Yankee players (who seem by and large to lack nicknames) have not caught the fancy of the city. Like Jimmy Carter, the Yankees' support is a mile wide but maybe only an inch deep...