Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite the no-shows, Carter's standing in his party was secure enough for him to go to Memphis, if not triumphantly, at least without fear. Says Minnesota Party Chairman Rick Scott: "It's almost like having a fair in the Middle Ages. Just having the event and bringing people together makes it important." The liberals upset about budget cuts realize Carter is in step with the public's antispending mood. Says Party Veteran Alan Baron: "Liberals read election returns, and they are scared." The result is a tenuous unity, which for the usually bickering Democrats...
...sweaty, boozy, friendly humanity out of a convention. Such a celebration is well suited to an age when life has too often been stripped of drama, romance and the sense of limitless possibility. Says Rutgers Anthropologist Lionel Tiger (Men in Groups): "The convention is an effort, like the fair of old or the harvest feast, to generalize one's experience, to making something more meaningful...
Would be well-deserved tenure--now that would be fair...
...wouldn't be fair to call Khan's first effort without Rufus completely solo. She receives some help from producer-arranger Arif Mardin and most notably from the Brecker Brothers and George Benson--a highly impressive solo gathering...
...fair, perhaps women's ideas of delivering prominence to themselves is also very narrow...