Nation: Kennedy's One-Note Message

He is banking on the economic issue—with mixed returns

His face red, his beefy right fist chopping the air, Ted Kennedy roared his litany: "And I say the only fair way, the only equitable way, the only effective way to break the back of inflation is to put a freeze on, right across the board, on prices, on wages, on interest rates, on profits and dividends and rents. I say enough is enough." The sparse crowd in Skokie, Ill., roared back its approval one snowy night last week. But earlier that same day in Chicago,...

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