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...grad schools do, and definitely Harvard Catering does," he said. "There were at least nine or 10 products on the menu that contained grapes, going anywhere from raisins to grape juice to grape jelly--things that are considered very staple items...
However, Mark Grossman, director of the UFW's press division and Cesar Chavez's press secretary from 1975 to 1993, said that UFW has not in recent years "been actively pursuing" the grape boycott and has instead been focusing on organizing strawberry workers in California...
...underdog who knows the forces arrayed against him have only enhanced his populist appeal. Sitting down at Pick-a-Deli, a greasy spoon adjacent to the produce warehouse, Hoffa orders his usual: scrambled eggs ("Gimme lots of catsup for my eggs"), orange juice and wheat toast with grape jam. He's annoyed by comparisons with his father ("I have the name, but I'm also someone in my own right"), yet he recalls the patriarch vividly and talks about him at length. "It was draining to go see him" in jail, Hoffa says. "He was like a caged animal...
Members of the church celebrate the Lord's Supper with water rather than wine or grape juice. They believe their President is a prophet who receives new revelations from God. These can supplant older revelations, as in the case of the church's historically most controversial doctrine: Smith himself received God's sanctioning of polygamy in 1831, but 49 years later, the church's President announced its recision. Similarly, an explicit policy barring black men from holding even the lowest church offices was overturned by a new revelation in 1978, opening the way to huge missionary activity in Africa...
After filming ended, I had one more movie-making adventure. The other production assistants were making an experimental short and asked if I'd like to be in it. I agreed. A week later I found myself on the Venice boardwalk in a purple grape costume. Giant purple foam cantaloupe-sized grapes cocooned me, long sleeves and past my knees. Tourists asked if they could take my picture, and a few new pick-up lines floated by: "Can I squeeze your grapes?" One of my high school teachers walked by, barely surprised to see me dancing in my grapes...