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...fashionable ballrooms of Pennsylvania, the three most active Democratic candidates last week at times seemed peckish and anxious. All have drastically had to chop their spending and personally phone likely contributors for more aid. Congress had put them in the bind by unconscionably taking off for an Easter recess before a law reviving federal campaign subsidies could be passed (TIME, April 12). And all three were worried that they faced varying degrees of loss in the state...
...land last Tuesday. At Monticello, University of Virginia students gave him a cheer and a toast at dawn, and on the floor of the House of Representatives three scholars tried to pour a little of his wisdom into the heads of legislators, who were impatiently edging toward the Easter exit. Jerry Ford limousined over to the Jefferson Memorial to lay a wreath and claim some political kinship with the Virginian. And even one cab driver's tribute was recorded augustly by the Washington Post: "Yeah, I guess he was about the best...
...this year we've had a lecture series, two retreats, a service program involving participation with the elderly, projects in refurbishing the centre and the basement of St. Paul's and a newsletter. In fact on Easter Sunday we had 150 people at a 5 a.m. sunrise service and that impressed me," Powers said...
...emphasis is on cash-and-carry and self-service. Fabrics are precut to more marketable sizes, clothing is clustered by size instead of type to encourage impulse buying (sportswear and fancy dresses are mixed together). Finally, liquidators mark additional discounts on such seasonal items as greeting cards, chocolate Easter eggs and summer furniture...
...Christmas. All my life I have been surrounded by city-sponsored and commercially-sponsored Christmas displays. All the public schools I have attended have had Christmas trees and Christmas assemblies, and, although we have had a "winter break" and a "spring vacation," they always happened to include Christmas and Easter. For me and for many other people at this University, Christmas is not a joyous holiday--it is a time when we are reminded that the United States is a Christian nation and, as such, excludes...