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...party elders -- led by Ed Flynn of the Bronx -- concluded in 1944 that Franklin Roosevelt was unlikely to survive another term and that the overly progressive Henry Wallace had to be dumped from the ticket. In the proverbial smoke-filled rooms at the Chicago convention, with Roosevelt paying little heed from afar, they decided that the reliable Senator from Missouri -- an honest man of bright gray hues | and appealing populist pugnacity -- was best suited to be the next President...
Although child World has several locations throughout the suburbs it has no outlets in the city and felt little compulsion to heed Flynn's letter...
...major automakers, from Citroen to Chrysler, are revving up to produce electric cars. They realize that in the 21st century, consumers will increasingly favor -- and governments will mandate -- technology that preserves and protects the environment. The fortunes of companies and nations will rise and fall on how well they heed the call to save the planet...
...sure that the riots and their aftermath will be a major issue in the November elections. But past the immediate impact -- another drop in Bush's popularity -- they cannot be sure how it will play. Will frightened voters respond to stern pledges to restore law and order, or heed calls for new efforts to heal racial animosity, or demand some elusive combination of both? Unable to fix immediately on the right blend, candidates instinctively responded by trying to place blame, while piously denying that they were doing any such thing. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater initially blamed Democratic Great Society...
...never far from the surface. Our disconnection from the real world, he argues, has blinded us to the urgency of the ecological crises facing us, from global warming to the wasteful use of finite resources. One doesn't have to believe TV is all to blame for this to heed McKibben's lessons about the omnipresent box. Like turn it off once in a while...