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* Power may be hard to get, but for liberals (witness New York City's reform movement, for example) it is often harder to keep. And once in power the coalition is obligated to the policies of all members of the alliance. It is very easy for "outs" to unite compared...
WORLD reaction to the U.S. presidential election ranged from the Saigon Post's jubilant banner, "HELLO, NIXON!" to an "Oh no, not Nixon!" from liberals who have mistrusted him for nearly two decades. Even so, the very closeness of the presidential vote exerted a curiously quieting effect on most...
Who were they? Most were college students, but their politics varied. They included antiwar protesters and radicals who believed that the present political system must be shouted (and broken) down. Others were dissenting moderates, trying to goad candidates to speak more explicitly on the issues.
"I think New York is governable," said Lindsay. "But we've got to go through sound barriers. No one should be surprised at some of the things going on. In the Kerner Commission Report [on civil disorders] we pointed out that this polarization of extreme forces would occur. The...
New York's current troubles, said Lindsay, do not reflect just a breakdown in labor and race relations. "It's a transition from the old to the new. The school dispute is not just a labor dispute. It has to do with social change." But some groups and...