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...have a way to let my emotions out, something I don't have now because I became like a lamb. I don't fight any more. I don't argue any more, everything is all right with me. Nothing that happens in this world seems to bother me any more...
Turnouts were generally low?an estimated national average of 38%, the lowest since 1946?but voters were not necessarily apathetic about the issues. Explains Yankelovich: "No choices of action on the issues were offered them, so many said: Why bother? What difference does it make?" But even though about three-fifths of the registered voters stayed home, there were some noteworthy trends. In the Northeast, the old Democratic coalition of blue-collar ethnics, white-collar liberals and minorities helped elect three Governors: Hugh Carey in New York, Ella Grasso in Connecticut and Michael S. Dukakis in Massachusetts. In the South...
During the Security Council debate last week, South Africa gave several indications that it is indeed willing to bend on three specific issues that bother the black nations. Botha's mission issued a press release announcing that the Pretoria government will cut back the South African police contingent that has been propping up the white-supremacist regime of Rhodesia's Premier Ian Smith against attacks from Zambia-based black nationalist guerrillas...
...Shortage. One reason for the J-school boom is the press's role in Watergate. Says Buck Harvey, 23, editor of the University of Texas' Daily Texan: "Journalism is one of the few professions that require integrity. The pay is small. But that doesn't bother me, because you don't have to put up a facade." Prior to the scandal, the old images of tough muckrakers and dashing foreign correspondents had faded. Now some of the glamour is back. Says Richard Petrow, dean of New York University's program: "When Robert Redford plays...
...share her polite confusion. Why did Pirandello bother with this slight and static play? At most, it deserves a quick reading before dinner, as a contrast to his mature work. We are shown deception, but are not rewarded with a shield for our weakness; only with a few thousand lire and unspecified sexual remuneration...