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...range of her creations is already greater than her physical presence can encompass. She speaks fondly and volubly of her parents' inspiration. Her mother, who trained to be a concert pianist, insisted on lessons in several instruments, musical theory, plus extras like baton twirling (there is a fine baton riff in The Bix Pieces). Her father owned drive-in movie theaters around Los Angeles, which provided Tharp with an open-air classroom in popular culture. But she also remembers the satisfaction of watching him building and repairing his property, "brick and mortar, step by step." That is how Twyla...
...chest. There are few large donations for Jackson. Instead, at every church he visits, members of the congregation are asked to come forward with gifts of as much as $1,000, and as little as $20. The technique is working. At the N.B.C.U.S.A. winter meeting in Baton Rouge in mid-January, Jackson told the 3,000 clergy and lay leaders, "I need your help, your endorsement, voter registrations, money and concern." He left the meeting with $25,000 in cash and commitments from prominent pastors to raise $5,000 to $15,000 apiece. Two days later he went...
...church members are being encouraged to support Jackson only as individuals. "No one, to my knowledge, is preaching 'go vote for Jesse' from the pulpit," insists Noble Sissle Jr., Jackson's Florida campaign coordinator. But enthusiasm can bring churches dangerously close to the mark. At the Baton Rouge meeting of the N.B.C.U.S.A., one pastor proposed that the denomination as a whole endorse the Jackson candidacy. "We can't do that," explained President Jemison, asking instead that members stand and give personal endorsements. As thousands rose to their feet, a smiling Jemison remarked...
Even custodian jobs in investment firms are, according to the EEOC, "totally segregated." Fumed Regional Director Thomas Saltonstall: "This isn't Baton Rouge in 1864. It is Boston in 1984. The situation is appalling...
...Ross Perot, 53, a Texan who has earned millions from the computer industry, disagrees. After loudly criticizing Texas schools' obsession with football, marching bands and baton twirling, he has been named by Governor Mark White to head a committee to try to reform public schools in Texas. It is likely to be an uphill struggle. Texas students spend an average of one hour a night on academic studies and as much as 15 to 20 hours a week on extracurricular activities. At least 600 of the state's 1,100 districts allocate all of their local school revenues...