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Finally, the neo-Puritans of Princeton will probably live longer than most of us, as only 8 percent of the respondents said they smoked cigarettes once or more each month. In fact, only I degenerate out of the entire 395 undergraduates polled said he smoked every...
...effectiveness through 1988, his party must win about 30% of the popular vote next March. That would re-establish the Socialists, who currently hold 285 seats in the 491-seat National Assembly, as the country's largest single party and deny a majority to their major opponents, the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic and the right-of-center Union for French Democracy. But reaching that 30% threshold will be a daunting task. From a historic high of 37% in 1981, the Socialist share of the vote fell to 21% in the June 1984 European Parliament elections and rebounded only...
...cities, the instigators seemed to be experienced rabble-rousers in search of an arena for their violence. They found it in Frankfurt, where a branch of the right-wing National Democratic Party had scheduled a weekend meeting. Because the N.D.P. is regarded by many as a haven for neo-Nazis, its gatherings inevitably bring protests. After demonstrators held a peaceful rally, several hundred hooligans, mostly young, some wearing hoods and black leather jackets, began hurling bottles and stones. In response, the police brought out a water-cannon truck. As it sped to the scene, the vehicle ran over a protester...
...problem with the liberals, according to this Republican, is not the New Deal, for "FDR's ideas had a heck of a run," but the excessive doling out of money and rights by Great Society liberals. His complaint is echoed by many neo-liberals...
...raucous school boycott in New York City reflects the nationwide fear of the fatal disease. The medical facts are far less frightening than the myths. Reagan pre- empts Congress with compromises on South Africa and protectionism. Inside the three legs of the strategic Triad. Test of a satellite killer. Neo- Nazis go on trial in Seattle. Farm Aid: a benefit concert is planned...