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...Most of the group's $1 million war chest is targeted for registration and voter education. Moral Majority claims friendly churches have registered more than 1.5 million voters and have increased Republican primary voting in the South. It will assign 70,000 clergy to an even bigger registration blitz in July. Affiliates are at work in 43 states. The Majority is so issues-oriented, Falwell insists that if he had to choose between a Christian politician who did not agree with his views and a nonbeliever who did, "I'd vote for the nonbeliever every time...
Recruitment tactics discussed at the Board Meeting included sending personal letters from undergraduates to prospective students, a recruiting phone blitz during the week after the admissions office sends out its decisions, and continued participation in the Third World Prefreshman Weekend...
...Reagan and Bush are tied with 22 each. During the next two weeks, Reagan has a chance to increase his lead and even possibly to knock one or two rivals out of contention?especially Connally, if he runs poorly in South Carolina, where he is staging a $1 million blitz. On the other hand, Bush has an opportunity to solidify his standing as Reagan's chief rival, and he would not have to win in the Southern primaries to do so but merely finish close to Reagan...
...title suggest, Golding's latest work also contains darkness--but this time it is visible from the outset. As the drama unfolds, a child emerges from the London blitz, scarred by the violent flames. The child, named Matty in a hospital, is Hell personified, soon to become Golding's "man in black." The author unravels Matty's story slowly, with detours to introduce other sordid children and wicked adults. Fires predominate in Darkness Visible, as a great bomb blast at the end complements Matty's fiery furnace. All of Golding's characters in one way or another are ravaged...
...Press Room of Bush Headquarters Tuesday evening photographers sipped courtesy brews and listened to radio reporters screw up their live broadcasts--"Bush's...um...Reagan's field director...um...campaign manager...Shit. Let's try that again." It's all part of the media blitz on the New Hampshire primary--an onslaught of lights and microphones which itself received so much attention, it became a self-perpetuating news story...