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...Durkin is blunt, his opponent, Republican Warren Rudman, is downright ingenuous. The beneficiary of vigorous efforts by the National Conservative Political Action Committee, Rudman has watched his incumbent adversary crudely portrayed as a pro-busing, anti-prayer buffoon. One NCPAC leaflet has Durkin teaching a class of children--two of the children are white, with books on their neatly ordered desks. The two Black children are unflatteringly depicted; their desks are messy and bookless. John Durkin, the leaflet states, casts "anti-child" and "anti-parent" votes...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Existentialism in Granite | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...billion tax cut, TO KILL a $7.3 billion tax cut, and TO KILL a 10-per-cent individual tax cut. "This message is brought to you by Defeat Durkin because you should have the facts when you select your next U.S. Senator," voters are informed; on a coupon, the leaflet adds, "I agree that John Durkin's two-faced record must be exposed," with room for a check mark...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Existentialism in Granite | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

Mainly, Church portrays himself as Idahoan to the core. A campaign leaflet shows him in Western garb toting a shotgun, by a barbed-wire fence. Declares his campaign literature: "Church puts Idaho first." The Senator claims that he has responded to 110,000 pleas for assistance since he was first elected 24 years ago. He takes credit for reclamation projects, rangeland improvements, recreation areas and dairy-farm price supports. He has kept the votes of many conservative businessmen by cutting red tape in Washington for them. He defends his support of the wilderness bill, which would set aside 2.2 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Rowdy Campaign of Personalities | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

...experiment, but acknowledges that PPIs may have surprising side effects. He cites the case of a friend's wife who underwent a hysterectomy, or removal of the uterus. Later she was given a prescription for estrogen, for which the FDA has required PPIs since 1977. After reading the leaflet, she immediately wanted to stop taking the hormone. Her reason: she was afraid of developing cancer of the uterus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Does the FDA Know Best? | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

...picketers distributed a leaflet urging passers-by to "patronize other local merchants instead of Reading International and Out of Town News...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Striking District 65 Members Picket Out of Town Newsstand | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

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