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Tell him to get a harmonica, and learn the song "21 Years." It's a old won but nice. First verse goes like dis...
...half to look at map to see vere dis town...
What Hart does not mention anywhere in the book, however, is that the administrator was slapped with a week's suspension from work, a court imposed fine, and probation. Nor does he make any reference to the Review column, entitled "Dis sho' ain't no jive, bro" that brought on the wrath of the administrator. "Today, the 'ministration be slashin' dem free welfare lunches for us po' students," the column read. "How we 'posed to be gettin' our GPAs up when we don't be havin' no food?" In a moment of calm hubris Hart titles the chapter describing...
...exclusion of women. He admired those of the 619 current female priests he had met in the Anglican branches that have ordained them. (The U.S. has 474; Canada, 97; New Zealand, 40; Hong Kong, 4; Uganda, 3; and Kenya, 1.) But, Runcie continued, Scripture and church tradition are "highly dis couraging to the idea." Saying that he has "consistently driven down the middle of the road," he soothingly advocated "gradualism," with more experience of women as ordained deacons or lay ministers before any change is made...
Whatever the outcome, most Americans greeted the end of the campaign with relief. It had been a strange presidential race, peculiarly disengaged, almost dis embodied. Why? The candidates differed fundamentally on the issues, on how the country should be governed, on what America should be. Yet they did not fully confront each other. As the campaign dragged on, their views inched closer together. Reagan talked about his commitment to arms control, Mondale about his determination to keep America strong. They did what presidential candidates usually do: they took refuge in the political center, where most of the votes...