Word: getterism
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...incident that sparked it." It's hard, trying to channel 20,000 people's anger at an economic abstraction rather than at something concrete like Bakke supporters. But even if the economic analysis produces less immediate gratification than does empassioned rhetoric, it may well prove the best result-getter in the long...
Walter J. Sullivan, who has served on the council longer than any other member, is a well-liked--some would say beloved--figure in Cambridge politics. He is consistantly the top vote getter in the city...
...final days, the Synod elected twelve members to the council that will prepare its next meeting. In a church whose central government is still dominated by Europeans, it was significant that the top vote getter was Aloisio Cardinal Lorscheider, 53, of Brazil, an energetic leader in preparation of Synod papers despite his undergoing open-heart surgery a year ago. Right behind him came Archbishop Joseph Bernardin of Cincinnati, 49, outgoing president of the U.S. bishops. As in 1974, not one Italian bishop was elected to the three slots reserved for Europeans...
...concern of the churches is that television will use sex to replace violence as an attention getter. Violence has been de-emphasized, partly as a result of protests last season from the U.S. Surgeon General, the American Medical Association and, especially, Parent-Teacher Associations all over the U.S. Churches played a strong role in this campaign too. An alliance of Protestant and Catholic agencies threatened stockholder resolutions. Representatives met quietly with officials of eight corporations listed as sponsors of the most violent programs by the National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting. All but one (Schlitz) have since agreed not to advertise...
Perhaps Leslie's best tourney showing came in the Inter-City Championships, in which teams from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia vie against each another. She rifled a 78 to finish as Boston's top point getter, carding five-and-a-half out of a possible six matchplay points. Right now, Greis is honing her game for the U.S. Women's Amateur, which will be played at Brae Burn, the site of yesterday's match...