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...wage an effective state-by-state ratification drive. Symbolically perhaps, Smeal showed great tenacity and faith but revealed little taste or talent for politicians or politics. In the early days activists did not seem to know how to find a precinct list or run a phone bank. Says Elaine Gordon of the Florida legislature: "We all tried to tell them how the process worked and the importance of things like raising money, but they didn't believe us. They thought that just being right would be enough...
...News President Van Gordon Sauter believes that the apparent disparity in treatment between print and TV is deliberate. Says he: "There have been some compelling word pieces about the devastation in Beirut, but the Israelis know that words, however eloquent, lack the emo tional impact of pictures of people grabbing at stones and clearing rubble to find a human leg." Another explanation: most print reporters in Beirut can file directly to their newspapers in the U.S., over standard international telex lines, without going through Israeli authorities...
...movement debated by Sens Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass) and Gordon Humphrey (R.N.H.) began a few years ago with activists like Dr Helen Caldicott speaking at rallies and enlisting people in the cause of disarmament...
...meantime, the Institute will host a series of forums, includinga debate between Sens. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D Mass) and Gordon Humphrey (R.N.H.) on July...
...altogether impressive turnout in New York City's Central Park. Upwards of 700,000 people assembled for a festive day of speeches by antinuclear activists and pop music by antinuclear performers. "That was America out there," said New York City Parks Commissioner Gordon Davis. But what did America want...