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...many black elected officials and civil rights leaders consider Jackson a media performer who is short on follow-through. In June the black leadership family endorsed the concept of a black candidacy but did not name Jackson. Because of Jackson's grass-roots popularity, however, few prominent black leaders oppose him openly, though many do privately. "I just don't trust him. He's like a loose cannon," confessed one black Southern official. "He's never finished anything he's started...
While Ruckelshaus' words seemed aimed at environmentalists, Watt's action was clearly directed at political allies. The asset-management plan has been heavily criticized in the Western states, where many of the federal holdings are situated and where Ronald Reagan enjoys his greatest grass-roots strength. Under the asset-management process, the Administration had put up FOR SALE signs on 2.5 million acres ruled by Interior's Bureau of Land Management. Though none of the acreage is national park land, a number of tracts were used extensively by vacationers, hunters, fishermen, timber and mineral companies and cattle...
Beneath its richly layered surface, this valuable compendium points to far-reaching changes. One is a Federal Government that no longer feels it can subsidize all pursuits of material satisfaction. Another is an increasingly international economy that is poorly understood even as it pinches the grass roots. A disturbing conclusion, but nobody, least of all the authors, promised that The Book of America had to have a happy ending for everyone...
...autobiographical pieces (The Sound of Rain, The Tale of a Certain Woman). Perhaps the most respected woman currently writing is Taeko Kono, 67. Her novel Revolving Door deals with protagonists whose ordinary lives cloak sadomasochistic and pathological behavior. The Cheeverish approach of Yuko Tsushima, 36 (A Bed of Grass), examines the roots of family distress and false nostalgia. Taeko Tomioka, 47, is a poet turned novelist, celebrated for her unflinching analyses of social despair. For these women, says Anthologist Yukiko Tanaka, "writing is the antithesis of the selfless submission prescribed by Japanese culture. Women writers have needed great courage...
While the scuffed grass of the All England Club's Centre Court began its annual post-championship airing out, this year's Wimbledon winners, John McEnroe, 24, and Martina Navratilova, 26, were being toasted during the post-tournament dinner at London's Savoy Hotel. McEnroe, who crunched New Zealand's Chris Lewis in the straight set men's finals, had even worked on his backhanded temperament, going so far as to shake hands with the umpire and referee after one match. "I think I've made a conscious effort to get along," said...