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...difficult to explain why farmers hold such an exalted position in American politics. They represent only 2 percent of the populace, but nevertheless elected officials often bend over backwards to win their support...
...empty room in our grandmother's house as our basketball court. We bend the wire hanger and lodge it on top of a closed door. After making sure that the hanger is firmly placed, we begin to warm up for the afternoon's tough international schedule...
...starting to bend in favor of those who have been singled out by the tests. Forty-two states and the District of Columbia have antidiscrimination laws against the handicapped; some state courts and executive actions have extended the protections of these statutes to people branded by their blood-test results. Delaware's attorney general recently forced the Nemours Foundation to drop its policy of transferring out seropositive patients from its Wilmington hospital. Municipalities have also been using their antidiscrimination ordinances. In New York City last March, an administrative judge awarded $26,647 to a man who was refused treatment...
...flattened almost half the capital's centuries-old historic district. In the meantime, Ceausescu feeds his ego with the only officially sanctioned personality cult in the East bloc. Says a Western diplomat in Bucharest: "The situation before was terrible, but now it is surrealistic. Ceausescu is going around the bend, and he is taking his country with...
...would almost certainly pull their advertising. If anything, says Barry Diller, Fox's chief executive, the fledgling network will operate at a slight disadvantage. "A magazine has to retain its credibility, or it's lost," he maintains. "The natural instinct of the people operating TV Guide will be to bend over backward to ensure that there's no appearance of favoritism...