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...strike was to warn that all the strikers would be fired. His advisers suggested that since the walkout had not begun, such a statement would be both provocative and premature. Secretary Lewis, who found the controllers dangerously "whipped up," cautioned: "It could have given them a point to rally behind???that we were using a pretty big gun to force them to sign...
...opportunities have splintered the nonwhite population. The brightest and most ambitious have rapidly risen, leaving the underclass farther and farther behind???and more and more angry. While the number of blacks earning more than $10,000 is expanding and the number earning $5,500 to $10,000 is shrinking, almost a third of all black families are still below the poverty line, defined as $5,500 for an urban family of four (only 8.9% of white families are below the line). Says Harvard Sociologist David Riesman: "The awareness that many blacks have been successful means that the underclass is more...
Even so, Lyndon Johnson's brief campaign had left some lingering echoes behind???a message of responsibility and national unity, and some bracing advice to any Democratic candidate who might want the full support of L.B.J. "The next President," said Johnson, "is not going to be a talking President?or a traveling President. He is going to be, and should be, a working President...
...lessen the tempo means to fall behind???and backward we are beaten. We do not want to be beaten. The whole history of old Russia amounted to repeated beatings because of its backwardness...
...crowd, "Who's nex'? Who's nex'?" No burly boy came forward. So Wrestler Romanov, feeling potent, had the show's trained bear brought into the ring. The bear patted, pawed, nuzzled Wrestler Romanov, hugged him close. Wrestler Romanov squirmed, grunted, plunged from the ring, ran?bear behind???to Saddle River, dove in, swam to safety...
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