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Left to themselves again, right to lifers can direct their full attention to the business at hand--blocking abortion. Not to be dissuaded by the Supreme Court's recent ruling, these groups continue to launch attacks by working through the legislative branch. In Congress, they continue to fight for passage of a once-defeated constitutional amendment outlawing abortion. And while only such a Congressional measure can put a stop to legalized abortions, pro-life groups within many states are fighting to promote sympathetic candidates and pass those states are fighting to promote sympathetic candidates and pass those state restrictions...
...outlines of the Robinson story are, of course, familiar even to many a non-baseball fan, given the event's enormous symbolic importance. The exhaustive search by Branch Rickey, the Dodger president, for the "right" player to be the first to break baseball's color barrier; the extreme secrecy in which he shrouded his plans; the abuse Robinson had to suffer during his first years in the league--these themes have become cultural common knowledge in the wake of the wild publicity that accompanied him throughout his spectacular 1950s career. But Tygiel, a San Francisco State history professor, is able...
DIED. Leonard Burt, 91, British detective who worked with the crack intelligence agency M15 during World War II and who later (1946-58) commanded Scotland Yard's elite Special Branch, which is responsible for security of the royal family; in London. As England's premier sleuth in the 1940s, Burt collared Traitors William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") and John Amery and Atomic Spies Alan Nunn May and Klaus Fuchs. Quiet and affable, Burt had an uncanny knack for extracting incriminating information from suspects. In his memoirs, he wrote of the typical quarry: "In many cases, he is only...
...elicit funds for a cause whose effectiveness cannot be documented, Carstens says. Nonetheless, the IDAF raises millions of dollars a year that make their way to South Africa. But of the 10 national committees-England, Ireland, Canda, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, NewZealand, India and the U.S.-the American branch contributes the smallest amount, last year about...
Four days before the election. Chicago's major Krugerrand seller, the First National Bank of Chicago "Just caved in," says Norman Walkins, a worker at the Chicago branch of CALA. Weighing financial balances, the bank decided to forego its commission on the nearly $10 million in Krugerrands that it handled each year. "There is now no major bank in downtown Chicago that sells or handles Krugerrands," Walkins says...