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Domestically, Wright has sided with the highway lobby and opposed help for mass transit in the cities. He supports the widely criticized depletion allowance for "small" oil companies, but not for the majors. He voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, forbidding discrimination in public accommodations, but in favor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965-one of the foundation stones of Candidate Jimmy Carter's victory...
...would think we will have a really easy relationship, not formal or structured. He will expect me to help him wherever I can. I think the area of congressional relationships is awfully important, and I may be able to work in that area. In Georgia, while I ran the highway department, I had other areas that I dealt with, relations with the business community, for instance, and I would expect to be involved there. I think I will be wide-ranging, not just strictly handling the budget...
...automen's misgivings paled in comparison to Nader's fury. He shrilly denounced Coleman's caution as "a massive act of irresponsibility that will doom thousands of Americans to needless death and injury on the highway." Nader vowed that he would ask the Secretary of Transportation in the Carter Administration to reverse the ruling...
...have just the right Black and Blue buzz for you--it flew in the other day and squashed my roommates flat. The Rolling Stones' latest album. Hot Stuff is the finest example around of blues-finger disco--turn it up and watch the room shudder the way the highway does when its 100 in the shade. Hot Rocks had nothing on this--only burnt your feet like those Pacific s-m islanders' who walk on red hot terraces. Memory Motel replaces the no-tell in this chivalric age. Just listen to the electric-heart-blending story of the pick...
...throat. "I forgot what to do next! I forgot the next move!" She began lumbering around the room knocking over bookcases and smashing her rare collection of African fertility statuettes which bore an eerie resemblance to the little baseball players with bobbing round heads you can pick up at highway restaurants. After she had smashed the Willie Mays and Fred Lynn figures she hurled her awesome ire blazing in my direction...