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...over a variety of country rhythms. The words could be both bittersweet and low on the subjects of loneliness and love: "And there's nothin' short of dyin'/ Half as lonesome as a sound/ On the sleeping city sidewalk;/ Sunday mornin' comin' down." And blunt about sex: "There ain't nothing sweeter than naked emotions/ So you show me yours, hon, and I'll show you mine...
...Similarly, today, the identification of the U.S. with some thing more than just consumption is essential to our own wellbeing, to our own psychic stability and to the American role in the world. But we shouldn't be strident. Our policy should be more an affirmation than a blunt or sharp instrument of political warfare...
...notice posted at Italy's stately Park Avenue consulate general in New York was harsh: "Owing to the saturation of Italian universities, the Italian authorities have decided to suspend all enrollments of foreign citizens for the academic years 1977-78 and 1978-79." Similarly blunt notices appeared at Italian consulates worldwide. The announcement two weeks ago set off a barrage of angry, incredulous calls from parents of many of the 10,000 or so students, in nearly 100 countries, who are studying Italian in order to enter one of Italy's universities this fall...
Legislatively, Winpisinger would have the AFL-CIO lobby for broad social goals, like national health insurance, rather than concentrate on parochial measures like the common-situs picketing bill. He also would blunt Meany's hard anti-Communist line in foreign policy. Further Winpisinger wants to start a drive to organize blacks and other minorities (I.A.M. membership has dropped 100,000 in the past ten years). In general, says Wimpy, union members are not so conservative as they are believed to be: "They are not comfortable with the idea that they're supposed to hate people on welfare...
Wherever she went, she listened carefully-and urged heads of state and their minions to express themselves freely. "You can be blunt," she would say. "Go ahead, that's what I'm here for." Throughout her 13-day tour of Latin America and the Caribbean, Rosalynn Carter managed to establish a frank rapport with her hosts. She achieved her goal of convincing top leaders that President Carter wants to improve long-neglected relations with Latin nations...