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Jerry Ford ran his campaign primarily on his record. Unfortunately for him, Jimmy Carter ran on what he will do, and the American people have decided they want to pin their hopes on a man with a vision to get America moving again...
...smiling radiantly-the glowing, cover-girl smile remembered from the days before her troubles all began. To celebrate the occasion, she was stylishly dressed in gaucho pants, a dark, pin-stripe vest and a white blouse, and she was ebullient when she made a brief and jaunty appearance in San Francisco before the newsmen-some of whom applauded-who had covered her story for so long. "It would feel a lot better if I were home right now," she said. Moments later, that was precisely where she was headed. After 14 months in jail, Patty Hearst, 22, was released last...
...pride of his nearly solid native South. Then he seized two large states that had seemed doubtful: Texas and Pennsylvania. Once again, as in the early campaign against Ford, victory seemed all but certain. Once again, just as he had seen that huge campaign margin vanish, Carter could not pin down the 270 electoral votes needed to move him into the White House...
...perceptive article reprinted in our school newspaper. We feel, however, that we must remark on Mr. Savit's lack of decorum and sensitivity in light of recent events at Dartmouth. Since the tragic loss to your powerful and ubiquitous squad of elegantly dressed winged warriors (we loved the pin-striped jersies and Brooks Brothers athletic undergarments), the entire freshman class has shaved their heads in mourning, the entire football team wore their pants at half-mast for a week, the two co-captains of our football team played a best two-out-of-three match of Russian Roulette, and perhaps...
...about 10:45 p.m. Kennedy's advance men opened a narrow corridor through the crowd, and Kennedy entered, followed by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis--who sported a gold Jimmy Carter "Peanut Pin"--and his wife, as well as Ethel Kennedy, the Senator's wife Joan, and assorted Kennedy children...