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The Almanac of American Politics, by Michael Barone, Grant Ujifusa and Douglas Matthews (Gambit, 1,030 pp., $12.95 cloth; $4.95 paperback). Step right up, ladies and gents; here they are, all— I said all—your senators and congressmen, state by state, district by district. Get your red-hot vote tabulations on crucial issues; here’s your once-in-a-lifetime compilation of all the vital statistics on who lives where, what percentage of Italians and other mi-no-rity voters there are in each district, how much moolah each Rep gets for his district from your pocket and mine. Learn why Phil Crane’s “militant conservatism has obviously weakened him” in his district; read all about “Birch organizer” John Rousselot’s “fierce drive and energy.” See every one of John Tunney’s teeth in living black and white. Get the inside Scoop on Jackson’s candidacy, the idea behind which “is to prevent any antiwar candidate from becoming President; in short, to deny the public a chance to vote for a clearly defined antiwar candidate.” Comprehend why Louise Day Hicks’ “political career is based solely on opposition to race-mixing.” Be the first on your block to know why Ohio’s Louis Stokes can’t lose; hint: “Few politicians want to be known these days for having deprived the black community of black representation.” You there, sir, can you really resist this bargain? Madam, could you face yourself again if you failed to have at your fingertips the hot poop on how “the conservatives are out to get [Pete McCloskey] now more than ever”? Could you look your bridge club square in the eye if you didn’t have on your coffee table this absolutely unbiased, completely impartial handbook compiled by these three young Harvard Crimson alumni? Don’t delay; buy it now. What am I offered for the Almanac? Do I hear a dollar? One green George Washington buck? Fifty cents? How ’bout a Washington quarter, or two FDR dimes and a Tom Jefferson nickel, for this gen-yoowine collector’s item.

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The Almanac of American Politics, by Michael Barone, Grant Ujifusa and Douglas Matthews (Gambit, 1,030 pp., $12.95 cloth; $4.95 paperback). Step right up, ladies and gents; here they are, all— I said all—your senators and congressmen, state by state, district by district. Get your red-hot vote tabulations on crucial issues; here’s your once-in-a-lifetime compilation of all the vital statistics on who lives where, what percentage of Italians and other mi-no-rity voters there are in each district, how much moolah each Rep gets for his district from your pocket and mine. Learn why Phil Crane’s “militant conservatism has obviously weakened him” in his district; read all about “Birch organizer” John Rousselot’s “fierce drive and energy.” See every one of John Tunney’s teeth in living black and white. Get the inside Scoop on Jackson’s candidacy, the idea behind which “is to prevent any antiwar candidate from becoming President; in short, to deny the public a chance to vote for a clearly defined antiwar candidate.” Comprehend why Louise Day Hicks’ “political career is based solely on opposition to race-mixing.” Be the first on your block to know why Ohio’s Louis Stokes can’t lose; hint: “Few politicians want to be known these days for having deprived the black community of black representation.” You there, sir, can you really resist this bargain? Madam, could you face yourself again if you failed to have at your fingertips the hot poop on how “the conservatives are out to get [Pete McCloskey] now more than ever”? Could you look your bridge club square in the eye if you didn’t have on your coffee table this absolutely unbiased, completely impartial handbook compiled by these three young Harvard Crimson alumni? Don’t delay; buy it now. What am I offered for the Almanac? Do I hear a dollar? One green George Washington buck? Fifty cents? How ’bout a Washington quarter, or two FDR dimes and a Tom Jefferson nickel, for this gen-yoowine collector’s item.