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Europeans have long looked down their well-bred noses in disgust at America and its minority problem. Now they can look inward to search for the solution. Loretta T. Scheffer Fort Walton Beach, Fla...
...Hampshire crowd is only a fraction of the 163 aspirants on file with the Federal Election Commission in Washington. They include Bob Brewster, 53, of Orlando, Fla., the candidate of the Christian (NonLawyer) Committee; and Elijah the Prophet, 40, of New York City, who sent the FEC a bonus along with his registration papers: a copy of his book, The Time of the End. But surely the wave of the future is a beeping Baltimore independent, Rebecca Robot, who pledges "high-tech jobs for people." A nation governed by a robot? She, or rather it, would certainly be the ultimate...
Boca Raton, Fla...
...County Library, and the Miami Herald decided to hold one of their book-and-author events in Key West. The local luminaries gladly volunteered to divulge an opinion or two. The quiet little chat over coffee cups that was planned turned into a verbal extravaganza after a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., travel agency put together a package tour. "It ended up an incredible thing," says Travel Agent Judy Twyford. "People don't want to just sit by the pool any more, they want to get together and talk. This is one of the best-moving things I've ever...
...Bethel Institutional Baptist Church is the oldest congregation in Jacksonville, Fla., with a magnificent organ imported from Germany in 1902. Services for the all-black congregation usually begin with hand-clapping gospel music from Bethel's choirs. But there was a very different service a few days ago. Amid shouted "amens" from the congregation, preacher after preacher mounted the pulpit to testify. "Blacks are God's chosen people," thundered one; "I do believe Ethiopia shall rise," shouted another. Then came the most celebrated preacher among them, Democratic Presidential Candidate Jesse Jackson. Standing under an arch outlined in blue...