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...basically an intellectual discussion on a hypothetical level," one senate aide who asked not to be identified said, adding. "Bidden was just playing the devil's advocate...

Author: By William S. Benjamin, | Title: Shattuck Testifies at Meese Hearings | 3/8/1984 | See Source »

...everyone so interested in voter registration?" asks longtime civil rights activist James E. Madison. "It all has to do with what I call Plato's theory to defeat apathy: you either provide people with an incentive or you expose a devil-this year we've got both...

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: Preaching to the Unconverted | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

Saying that it is better to "err on the side of caution," New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean last week ordered all boxes of Duncan Hines Deluxe Devil's Food Cake Mix bearing lot number 3116C2A removed from grocery-store shelves throughout his state. Kean's move came just 24 hours after New Jersey health officials found that a box from lot 3116C2A contained 470 parts per billion of the cancer-causing pesticide EDB, roughly three times the recommended federal limit. The Governor urged consumers who found boxes at home bearing the suspect number to "return them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trouble at the Grocery Store | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

Considered a radical by many whites and Blacks. Malcolm X as a Black Muslim believed that "the white man is the devil" and that whites as a whole are inherently evil, while Blacks are a supreme race. Those who converted to the Muslim religion began following a strict decadence-free regimen, including abstinence from smoking, drinking, dancing, and dating. As a Muslim minister, it was Malcolm's job to explain the teachings of Allah and The Honorable Elijah Muhammed...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: The Legacy of Malcolm X | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...only to find it cannot sit down; the opening music and images just will not allow it. Here are a couple of dozen happy dancing feet moving irresistibly to a pounding Kenny Loggins raver that finds its inspiration in every let's-rock anthem from Rebel Rouser to Devil with the Blue Dress On. "You can fly if you'll only cut loose,/ Footloose,/ Kick off your Sunday shoes." Any viewer with a pulse rate above 25 will be bound to do the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Revel Without a Cause | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

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