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...felt Spain's transition to democracy was complete and that it was therefore time for a change. Most observers, though, believed that he had been forced out of office by Juan Carlos, who did not want him as Premier in the first place and who considers him too stiff and cautious. Relations between the two men have steadily deteriorated, and it seemed the King wanted a man less beholden to the archconservative Franquistas (known collectively as "the Bunker") as his chief of government...
Most of those delegates will swing to whichever candidate the polls and the pols say can run better against Jimmy Carter. Reagan's partisans argue tirelessly that only he can give Carter a stiff battle in the South, beat him in the West, draw off some of his blue collar, ethnic support in the industrial North. Besides. Reagan is even more "anti-Washington" than Carter and would at least match his argument that he can cut down the bureaucracy...
Faced with this, the worst possible traffic and driving in the immediate area, and a boring droner from the University of Nevada at Reno as your sole course instructor, you might feel the need for a stiff drink. Don't worry: you'll be well taken care of in the immediate vicinity, and as you go further out, the variety increases. Some people's favorites are the consciously unpretentious bars--though that doesn't necessarily mean they're cheap. First, there's the aforementioned Cronin's, with large 70 cent light draft on tap and real atmosphere. For example...
...Eanes becomes President, it will be less because the voters like him than because they fear the alternatives. A stern, aloof, ramrod-stiff disciplinarian, Eanes served in all three of Portugal's former African territories, joined the 1973 so-called "captains' revolt" against Lisbon's effort to contain the black struggle for independence, and actively supported Spinola at the time of the April revolution. Eanes is credited with lancing the rebellion last November that nearly led to a leftist dictatorship...
...undertaken by the University over the past several years has met with some form of community protest. Community problems surrounding the construction of the new Mission Hill student housing project near the Medical area have only recently been ironed out. A proposed Medical area power plant has met with stiff community opposition on environmental grounds. Members of the Harvard community have criticized the recently opened Soldiers Field Road apartment complex across the river in Allston for its high rents and consequently low availability to students. And, of course, Harvard's most outspoken community critic, Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci...