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Ruiderman was once a member in good standing of--the Gainesville Marijuana Dealer's Assn.--that unofficial organization which gained quite a bit of notoriety last summer by making a $10,000 contribution to a muscular dystrophy telethon. The Gainesville organization is very informal and tightly knit. James no longer is involved--he was there when things were a little less professional and a whole lot hairier...
...best half-hours in the series is the one called "Lubavitch," which will be aired on participating stations on Jan. 20. "Lubavitch" explores a world in itself-the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidim, who practice their mystical, joyous brand of Jewish Orthodoxy in a close-knit community in Brooklyn. The bearded, black-frocked Lubavitchers are followed on their way through their daily life-pausing to pray in a delicatessen, arguing fine points of the Talmud in a yeshiva, gathering for a discourse from their revered leader, Rebbe Menachem Schneerson, in the synagogue. But there are also splendid celebrations. A bris-the ceremony...
...restaurant worker labors about 11 hours a day, six days a week) and can find little opportunity on the job to learn English and acquire skills necessary for less wearying and higher paying jobs. In many families both parents have to work; this puts severe strains on the close-knit family. The youth faces difficult cultural conflicts. Many cannot overcome the handicap of language insufficiency to do well in school. Intense conflicts often occur between these youngsters and their parents, who hold a high regard for education. Those youths who do well and can assimilate easily find that their values...
...sedate can come to eat and watch the goings-on. Stewardesses and secretaries sit in forced conversation with one another, nursing their "sloe screws" (sloe gin and orange juice) and "thigh openers" (vodka gimlets) and feigning unawareness of the males all about. Behind them, hulking young men in double-knit suits or bright cardigan sweaters lounge against the wall, cradling bottles of beer and looking over the pickings. "I've never seen anything like this," say Cindy Barton, 22 from Estherville, Iowa. "There is nothing in Sioux City to measure...
...club, cricket fields and schools. After they finish for the day, the miners usually stand around the bar at their own pubs. Though the refusal to work overtime has cost the miners $25 to $37.50 a week, they seem ready to stick it out. "We're a close-knit community," says Terry McGuire, a huge Scot who has been in the mines since World War II. "If somebody did need some assistance, he wouldn't ask the government. We'll take care...