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...Capitol Hill. With deficits soaring and budget cuts painful to pinpoint, the MX is a tempting target for legislators who read last month's elections as a mandate for defense cuts. The potentially bitter debate also follows recent victories at the polls by the nation's grass-roots nuclear-freeze movement, and the raising of moral questions about nuclear weapons by the U.S. Roman Catholic bishops, who specifically criticized the MX in a proposed pastoral letter...
...stonecutter immigrant from northern Italy, Bernardin was the only Catholic boy on the block in his home town of Columbia, S.C. Of necessity, childhood became a venture in grass-roots ecumenism. He recalls, "I used to go to the Bible school that the Baptist church sponsored, especially on the days when they gave out ice cream...
...into the new place by re-creating elements of the homes left behind. Result: ethnic neighborhoods as well as poignant sentiments like that of the Hungarian immigrant song recorded by Michael Kraus in Immigration, the American Mosaic: "We yearn to return to our little village Where every blade of grass understood Hungarian." Home, it seems, can also be divided, which is probably essential for a species whose fundamental dilemma can be described as simultaneous needs for mobility and a sense of home. For nomadic herdsmen, an endless path becomes-home...
...Regans father was something of a sprinter before he emigrated from Ireland, running the 220 in 22.5 seconds, "on the grass, in bare feet," and his seven children all pursued various athletic interests. Andy began running outdoor track as a high school freshman, added indoor track to his schedule as a sophomore, and by his junior year had become a year-round runner...
Community Works contributes to "grass-roots organizations" such as ecological and anti-nuclear groups, as well as to the more established health and human service organizations that United Way emphasizes, organizers said this week...