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...spending on all domestic programs. Southern Democrats seek to contain Communism in Central America, while Northern Democrats look at El Salvador and see Viet Nam. No center holds. "The party is floundering because it lacks a vision of where it is going," says Duke University Political Scientist James David Barber. "Where there is no vision, the parties perish...
...bulldozed its makeshift banks of dirt and rubble. The city's airport is scheduled to open this week for the first time in five months. "When I hear the first plane fly into Beirut, I will know the very worst is over," said Khalil Deir, a Lebanese barber...
...that the quadrennial vice-presidential sweepstakes are at hand, it is worth remembering that a political ticket nearly always wins or loses on the popularity of the presidential candidate. Says Duke University Political Scientist James David Barber: "There is no clear evidence that the Vice President pulls much in the election except as a piece of the presidential candidate's image." Indeed, the importance of the No. 2 nominee may rest in how and why he or she was selected. Notes Hamilton Jordan, Jimmy Carter's chief strategist: "It is the first time people...
...whittle elsewhere, particularly in the barbershop operated by Don and Jan Blackwell. The Blackwells do not mind, even though sometimes all their waiting chairs are filled, but no one asks for a haircut. A sign above the mirrors says, ALTHOUGH WE TAKE TURNS, FEEL FREE TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN BARBER...
...other way round. A regular haircut with nothing fancy is $3, and a "style cut" is $4. A style cut with a shampoo is $7. All children who get their hair cut are given a penny to deposit in the bubble-gum machine. To take to the barber chair in Marshall is to take to the stage before an audience of whittlers...