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...diversity was evident in class as well as culture. In the '60s hard hats were all too often on the sidelines taunting "unpatriotic" protesters. This spring many of the demonstrators wore union insignia. The staunchly conservative AFL-CIO hierarchy urged its members to boycott the rally, but five of the six largest unions in the federation endorsed the protest, and union members were heavily represented. Some observers estimated that as many as a third of the marchers were union members...
...Moscow as in other foreign capitals, the trim, blue-clad Marine is as much a fixture of the U.S. embassy as the flag. He stands in the reception area, resplendent in crimson-trimmed trousers, his hat bearing its gold corps insignia, a .38-cal. revolver at his side -- the very emblem of U.S. security and uprightness. His duties bespeak the nation's belief in his incorruptibility: after hours at major U.S. embassies, he and a Marine buddy go through the empty building securing classified documents that may have been left out, locking safes and disposing of the "trash," often...
Israel also made a shipment of 18 U.S.-made Hawk antiaircraft missiles to Iran in November 1985. The Iranians were furious because the missiles carried Israeli insignia. They demanded that the weapons be sent back to Israel. Again, the President's memory is cloudy on whether he gave an O.K. to the sale. At first he told the board he had objected, and that is why the shipment was returned. Later he said he and Regan had agreed that "they cannot remember any meeting or conversation about a Hawk shipment...
...brutal oppressors . . . will undermine public support for one of the most valuable aspects of the U.N.'s work." The organization has hired Theodore Sorensen, John F. Kennedy's former speechwriter, to act as its attorney vis-a-vis ABC. Among his requests: a de-emphasis of the U.N. insignia in the program, on-air disclaimers, and broadcast time for U.N. representatives to respond...
...drink diary for three days. The information is fed into a computer, which prints out an individual 20-page dossier, complete with sketches of where body fat is deposited plus diet and exercise recommendations. To keep participants motivated, Shape Up, which is funded by All American Gourmet, dishes out insignia T shirts, shorts and headbands...