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...Democrats are not well positioned to bring Perot followers into their camp. They have hardly begun to recover from last November's drubbing, and in many ways are still spiraling downward amid internal strife and organizational turmoil. Worse, the party has yet to articulate a coherent message. At a New York City luncheon of the party's top contributors earlier this year, Democratic Party chairman Christopher Dodd was asked pointedly, "What does the Democratic Party stand for?" Dodd's hemming and hawing did not satisfy the crowd. "It soon became apparent that he didn't have the answer," recalls Gary...
...Faculty was in large measure as bitterly divided as the students, and it seemed hard to find respite from almost never-ending political strife. For the most part, we didn't even have the spur of finals as those requirements melted away in the aftermath of Kent State...
Political strife across the nation was only exacerbated by economic woes. The economy soured as a result of federal deficits in the 1960s and growing international competition and energy costs. Unemployment rose six percent in 1970, and the real gross national product decreased...
Though the end of his tenure was marked by strife and bitterness, Pusey's earlier tenure had been considered almost "heroic" by many of the same faculty members and students who later derided...
...strong runner-up has emerged. California Governor Pete Wilson remained sidelined last week after the removal of a benign nodule from his right vocal cord and missed his staff's planned deadline to enter the race officially by Memorial Day. There is also internal strife: top Wilson aide George Gorton went on "vacation" after Wilson tapped former Bush aide Craig Fuller to run the campaign. Phil Gramm of Texas, still smarting from the disclosure of his R-rated movie endeavor in 1974, has watched his approval ratings stay flat even as he becomes better known. Meanwhile, former Tennessee Governor Lamar...