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...research enterprise, are monuments to special-interest advocacy. Polio vaccines grew out of pivotal research funded primarily by the March of Dimes. But as the organizations grew, under the leadership of professional lobbyists and fund raisers, they opened themselves to the charge that they had lost touch with their grass roots and become a part of the system they were supposed to be influencing...
...year and a half later, a lone car sits in the driveway at 45 Sparks Street, the next door neighbor's kid plays on the grass and the questions hang in the dusk...
...fast team, and we play better on turf," Caples said. "The grass is so thick on Cumnock that it just slows us down...
...Europe far beyond the free-trade zone that goes into effect in January, to a single currency and common foreign and defense policies. The Danes' + refusal to approve Maastricht last June ignited simmering popular resentment, and France's razor-thin ratification proved just how deep public anxiety runs. The grass-roots revolt has redefined European politics, crossing the traditional left-right cleavages with new fault lines between poor and prosperous, rural and urban, nationalist and Europeanist. The Establishment seems stunned. "Either Europe will become more democratic," acknowledged E.C. President Jacques Delors, whose organization has its headquarters in Brussels, "or Europe...
...fact, the grass-roots movement he invokes looks more like an Astroturf carpet, rolled out by a cadre of Dallas insiders and funded out of Perot's deep pockets. Since he pulled out of the race on July 16, Perot has pumped in more than $4 million to keep his candidacy alive, much of it to bankroll the petition drive that has put him on the ballot in all 50 states...