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...fewer and no more than four tickets. At $120 a pop, that is a fair hunk out of anybody's allowance. "He must think that we're as rich as he is," said 21-year-old Jackie Colson, a lifeguard in Florida. "This is Jacksonville. This ain't Hollywood." The promoter tried to get local papers to run ads containing mail-order ticket coupons gratis, as if the dailies would be performing a public service, but some journalists balked. "It absolutely reeks of arrogance," said David Easterly, publisher of the Atlanta Constitution. "I wonder how much...
...carry out reforms, together with the army's advances, has inspired a new sense of optimism within the Reagan Administration. "We've been on a real up cycle for the past three or four months," says a senior State Department official. "On the other hand, it ain't gonna stay that way." The Administration still expects the guerrillas to launch a new offensive in the fall, timed to embarrass Reagan just before the U.S. elections. "It is absolutely essential," says Colonel Joseph Stringham, the recently departed head of the U.S. military group in El Salvador, "that...
...Farley, 69, owner of a local taxi company, had considered leaving Indianapolis. He has changed his mind. "This town is on the move," he says. "It's booming, and I ain't goin' nowhere; I'm gonna stay here and boom with...
...soloist that culminated in his rise as one of the first Motown stars daring to criticize the Establishment. He challenged the war with "What's Going On?," lashed out at pollution with "Mercy, Mercy Me," and called for hope by recording, with Tammi Terrell, the Ashford and Simpson hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." His songs also influenced later white artists; the Rolling Stones would re-record his "Can I Get a Witness?" just as James Taylor would re-record his "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved...
...Reagan," and "He'll never get elected" are frequent rejoinders to would-be McGovern backers. But to accept this cynical wisdom is misguided on several counts. First, if political history--and most recently the New Hampshire primary--has shown anything, it is that as the saying goes, "the opera ain't over until the fat lady sings." McGovern finished only a slight margin behind Gary Hart in the Iowa caucuses, annd it is premature at best to rule him out of the race. Second, and more important, this strategic approach fundamentally distorts the purpose and significance of a primary election...