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...hard-core Right-to-Lifers, many of whom were once liberal, are much more open to conservatism." Weyrich believes that opposition to abortion has had the greatest impact of any social issue in helping to elect conservative Republicans. "It can get at the voters who are the Achilles' heel of the liberal Democrats, the urban ethnics." Weyrich works closely with Paul Brown, head of the Life Amendment Political Action Committee (LAPAC) and his wife Judie Brown of the American Life Lobby. This coalition is allied with evangelical Christian groups like the Moral Majority. Charges the Rev. Jerry Falwell, with...
...fact, if you're not out on Franklin Street right now, this sports page and the Charlotte Observer's in one hand, and Ken Rapoport's classic tome Tar Heel Basketball in the other, you can forget about snagging a seat at Chapel Hill's favorite watering hole...
Ironically, Walton's fate might easily have been prevented years ago. He was born with high arches and a left heel bone that does not allow his foot to turn out. So when he walks or jumps, the impact is concentrated on the ball of his foot rather than being more evenly distributed. According to his physician and adviser, Dr. Ernie Vandeweghe, a former N.B.A. player, such conditions are often repaired when a youngster reaches adolescence. Says Vandeweghe: "But by that time, Bill was already a pretty valuable commodity, already on his way to stardom. And he never complained...
...other congregations of the Churches of Christ to boycott the advertised products unless the companies agreed to stop sponsoring its hit-listed shows. By mid-June, 6,000 churches had agreed to take part. Says Hurt's literature: "They [the sponsors] are the 'Achilles' heel' of the entire television industry ... The purpose of the campaign is not to take programs off the air, but to insist that they be cleaned up so that they are no longer an insult to decency and [a] negative influence on our young people...
...gnawing beavers, whizzing speedboats, amniotic whirlpools, fancy flights and flights of fantasy. Like Orpheus to his river, Joe eventually succumbs to The Lake. He succumbs to wealth, to fame, success and glory. He suffers only the wrenching pain of a boot strap as it pulls itself over a heel...