Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...City, where he plans this week to explain his Administration's diplomatic aims at the U.N. Carter's visit coincides with a U.N. debut of sorts for his close Georgia political comrade Andrew Young, who presides for the first time over the Security Council this month. Biggest item on the agenda: a politically touchy debate over a resolution by black African nations to impose tough economic and arms-supply sanctions on white-ruled South Africa...
...produced a play about the nuclear power industry and are presently working on a drama about polyvinyl chloride poisoning to be called "The Tip of the Iceberg"--their weekly productions at the Red Book Store near Central Square are mostly a series of short skits, each illustrating some item in the preceding week's news. The format tends to change from week to week, and in April the one-hour show will expand to three hours...
After each skit one of the actors presented an unrelated news item from what the troupe calls the "Is Dis a System? Department." These items generally revealed the inconsistent, contradictory way in which the capitalist system often works. For instance, one such item related how the president of a local engineering firm had gone on record to recommend that the Arab boycott of businesses dealing with Israel should be strongly opposed. Then the official, who is Jewish, signed a substantial contract with Saudi Arabia in which his company complied with the terms of the boycott. After this was announced...
Circumstances that lead to social oppression seem to be presented as a simple matter of personal conspiracies. For example, one item from the Is Dis a System? Department told how Blue Cross and Blue Shield recently decided to limit coverage for radical mastectomies because more women were now requesting them. The presentation seemed to imply that the administrators of Blue Shield were consciously out to torment women...
Parting Complaint. The last big item on the agenda was roads. Maggie and Archie Stokes live on a road that "has been ready for blacktop for two years." Archie moved that $5,000 be allotted for blacktopping this year. The motion was voted down when it was explained that $5,000 would pave only about 150 ft. Mac Moody, an elderly town worker, hiked his leather hat back on his head and complained that "the state just don't want to spend money on little roads." Then he strode outside...