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...departure, given the open life she lived for a decade in the Governor's mansion in Little Rock. She drove her own Oldsmobile, waited in line at the movies, entertained in the kitchen and had the church choir over for picnics in the backyard. She purposely sent the household staff off on weekends so she could go to the grocery store on Saturday mornings. In a state where Gloria Steinem was considered by some a communist, Hillary started out being regarded as a stuck-up feminist from Wellesley and Yale who wouldn't change her name and ended...
...Boston. Both men are pushing versions of the same idea: that economics is the key building block of political power. As Stith points out, in the U.S. the median white family's net worth is about $43,000, in contrast to $4,100 for the median black household. "The inescapable conclusion," he says, "is that we need economic reinvestment and community renewal in urban America if we are going to counter the frustration that fueled the destruction and violence...
...tool for ensuring obedience. The compound diet was often insufficient, varying according to the leader's whim. Sometimes dinner was stew or chicken; at other times it might be nothing but popcorn. On their infrequent trips to Waco, cultists could be seen wolfing down packaged cheese in convenience stores. Household and dietary rules at the compound were as changeable as the theology. Koresh established strict bans on sugar and ice cream, then reversed them without explanation. He told his disciples they could buy chicken hot dogs, but exploded in anger when they brought home chicken bologna instead...
...discrimination and violence against gays but does not deeply comprehend gay life-style or homosexuals' sense of being different. "I believe his instincts are genuine and solid. But there is a lack of awareness," says Mixner. "Very few people in the Administration have been in a gay or lesbian household...
...Wynn was one of the only teenagers at the family's summer retreat at Old Forge, New York, who had a motorboat, which he sometimes used with his hell-raising friends to splash the docks while people were sunbathing. When he was at home, Steve's father dominated the household with his hyperactivity (he could not sit still for a conversation), his romantic streak (he once turned the banks of a lake into an open-air movie studio with multiple cameras so that he could film his son ski jumping) and his mixture of gentleness and bombast. One of Steve...