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...push and shove, and pretty soon pro-choice and pro-life were hammering away at each other. Each side accused the other of fascism; there was a good deal of loose talk about genocide and matrocide and Christianity. And when it was all over, pro-choice backers got to crow, when their side won the vote by a comfortable margin. More than likely, the sign would not have made much of a difference, but it's the thought that counts...
...warehouse area, a green grove of trees and shrubs attracts finches, hawks, hummingbirds and others seldom seen in the city's industrial neighborhood. Ten trees and a variety of bushes growing on a 30-ft. by 40-ft. backyard in Brooklyn have attracted 105 varieties of birds, including crow, red-bellied woodpecker and green heron...
...increase profits and maintain the status quo. They need a set of "objective" values which justify oppressive practices. This is the basis for institutional racism. Institutional racism in this society can take two forms: The first kind is the more obvious and thus more easily combatted, as in Jim Crow laws, immigration quotas, and grandfather clauses. The second, and more insidious kind, is contained in the institutions and social practices which are not inherently racist, but are racist in their effect. There are infinite examples in this society. What follows are a few examples of this pervasive phenomenon...
...simple days of the jumping fox, the vain crow and the ungrateful dog are over. No longer are fables merely animal tales; no longer are their morals just well-phrased statements of the obvious. It is the age of the proportional profits elephant, the time of the corporate fable, when a format meant for children is used to teach very adult and controversial ideologies...
...Racism continues to flourish in this country," Shirley Chisolm (D-N.Y.) said yesterday to a crow of 600 at the Cambridge Forum...