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...arms is essential to individual freedom and safety and is absolutely guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution. This dedication produces a for-us-or-against-us bunker mentality that provokes unremitting opposition to any politician whose support is less than total. Early in his career, former South Dakota Senator George McGovern favored banning small handguns, but in the face of N.R.A. pressure, he ended up supporting efforts to decontrol gun purchases. Nevertheless, the gun lobby last fall threw its support, and more than $30,000, behind his successful pro-gun opponent, Republican James Abdnor. Says McGovern: "I think...
...defeated McGovern ruefully dissents: "Keep in mind that Ab Mikva comes from Chicago. No way is anyone from Montana or South Dakota going to agree that the N.R.A. is a paper tiger...
Mary Mebane's rhetoric of past injustice and special privilege in our society during the '40s reminded me of my introduction to black people. I grew up in rural South Dakota, where blacks were seldom seen. Then I joined the Navy. I knew of no reason not to sit by a black man on a city bus in Norfolk, Va. Consequently I was astounded when the black passengers screamed "White trash!" and "Move up where you belong!" On the other hand, the whites seemed content with casting hateful looks in my direction...
...South Dakota's Larry Pressler, chairman of the subcommittee that would review the treaty, warned Reagan last month that it would have "great difficulty" passing in the Senate in its present form...
Takeoff was from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. It was perilously near the wind-chill factor of 65° F below -the point at which ground crews are excused from outdoor maintenance. Seven BUFFS and three KC-135 tankers were scheduled to roar aloft at 7 a.m., just as 390 other Strategic Air Command planes took the air, in less than ten minutes, from 69 other bases in the continental U.S. and Guam. The mission: a simulated launch in the face of a Soviet missile attack, part of a readiness exercise called Global Shield. It was the biggest...