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...decade ago, some 99% of Illinois coal is union mined. The legendary John L. Lewis rose to the presidency of the U.M.W. as a legislative lobbyist from the union's Illinois District 12, which includes Galatia. Since the Iowa-born Lewis first arrived in 1908, the dirtiest four-letter word in coal country has been scab...
...protected by tense security men, Begin threaded his way through an adulatory crowd of 2,000 to reach the party building. His supporters sang He Will Make Peace and When the Messiah Comes. Once at the lectern, Begin contemptuously denied that the campaign had been the dirtiest in Israel's history-a frequent and accurate charge by Peres-and proclaimed, "I will form the next government." Rhythmic applause was stilled by Begin's raised hand. As for Peres, Begin said, with the arrogance that has become part of his public posture, "I don't know what pushed...
Fred Friendly, once president of CBS News, regards the ambush technique as "probably the dirtiest-trick department of broadcast journalism." He fears that abuses by television newsgatherers may bring on a new public attack comparable to the one spurred by television's earlier quiz scandals...
...well-known actors, Helen Mirren and Nicol Williamson, pose deeper problems, and offer more radical solutions. Of Morgana, mistress of mandrake and sulfur, Mirren makes an armored, camp enchantress. Swathed in purple veils and seaweed capes, intoning Merlin's dread spells as if they contained the dirtiest and most sacred words in any world, incarcerating the wizard in a cocoon of cotton candy as she proclaims victory over her mentor, Mirren convinces that she could charm a kingdom-or a film- with her perfidy...
...were referring to a ten-member Egyptian parliamentary delegation that was visiting Israel on a longplanned tour. But if the opposition gloves were on for their benefit, there was little doubt that they would be off for the campaign. "It's probably going to be one of the dirtiest campaigns Israel has ever had," said a ranking Labor member. For one thing, the party's strategists expect a vituperative attack against Peres, quoting various uncomplimentary remarks made by his rival for the party leadership, former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin...