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...well as a rather bewildering buying guide, the catalogue is a yardstick that shows how far into America's heartland the women's liberation movement has traveled. There are listings for a feminist printing press in Iowa City, Iowa, a women's theater group in Atlanta, Ga., and 102 U.S. cities and towns that have information centers for local feminist activities. To write the book, the authors, former Columbia University Teachers Susan Rennie, 33, and Kirsten Grimstad, 29, took a 12,000-mile tour of the U.S. They then illustrated, typeset and assembled the book with...
...hardly captivated by that kind of competition. This year, for the first time in 192 consecutive home games, Boston Garden was not filled to capacity for a Bruins game. Overall league attendance last year was 7% less per game than six years ago. Even in Canada, hockey's heartland, interest appears to be on the decline. The nationally televised Saturday night game of the week slipped slightly in the ratings last year. As avid a fan as Canadian Senator Keith Davey, who concedes that "I always organize my life around hockey," admits that he went to "a lot fewer...
...HEARTLAND by SAUL MALOFF 279 pages. Scribners...
Midwest Bureau Chief Gregory Wierzynski, whose reporters covered the heartland, found that people were openly discussing the possibility of presidential impeachment. He detected a shift in the public's attitude toward the press. "In the early days of Watergate," says Wierzynski, "I used to get chewed out regularly about press irresponsibility, particularly when talking to partisan Republicans. For the most part, recent events have stilled the lectures...
...Midwest has long been Nixon country. For years, millions in the heartland have felt that the President was one of them, embodying the simple traits they admire so much: purposeful ambition, pride in country, respect for family and church, plus a dash of disdain for the culture pushers from the East. But to these same people today, he is a much diminished man. His troubles are like a disgrace in the family. Few people want to disavow him completely, and some of the old affection lingers. Most citizens are embarrassed, perplexed and, most of all, saddened...