Word: lesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...players in the cinema verite unfolding at this particular American crossroads. The set: a cement driveway, four pumps (ethyl, regular and lead-free), two tiled bathrooms, two mechanics' bays and a battery of U-Haul trailers for rent. Most of the cast had never heard of Evanston, much less the A & A, until they found themselves waylaid outside town by a steaming radiator, broken drive shaft, clogged fuel pump or flat tire, and brought here. Usually they are towed in by Jon Lunsford, 40, soft-spoken Mormon and "the Boss," or by his ace mechanic, Cliff Cole...
...conservative millionaire businessman, Robert Short. Eraser was one of the few Democratic candidates who still defended costly social programs. Short called Eraser's liberalism a "burden on the people" and urged a $100 billion slash in the federal budget. Even the Republican Senate candidate, Dave Durenberger, is less of a budget cutter than Short, an indication of the upheaval in the once powerful D.F.L...
Brown is having less trouble with Younger, known as "mashed potatoes" because of his bland campaigning, than with his onetime liberal supporters. Asks Shirley Wechsler, executive director of Americans for Democratic Action in Southern California: "Why should the 20% of the electorate identifying themselves as liberals vote for the Jarvisized Democrats?" Brown replies evenly that it is possible to "move left and right at the same time...
...committee was far less energetic in opening hearings on California Democrat Edward Roybal, one of four Congressmen accused of taking illegal payments from Korean Rice Dealer Tongsun Park. Roybal has given the committee two highly damaging sworn depositions about the matter. In one he denied ever receiving money from Park. When that proved false, he said in the second statement that he turned the $1,000 over to his campaign director for election expenses. Roybal actually pocketed the cash, investigators claim. If so, he too could be expelled from the House on the recommendation of the ethics committee. If such...
...absolute necessity" of nuclear power. He created economic disaster "scenarios" replete with blackouts and massive underemployment that would occur if all new 211 power units (47 nuclear and 164 coal) are not built. "If these sites are not approved," he said, "we will have about 17 per cent less capacity in 1990 than we believe necessary to avoid serious curtailment of service and widespread economic dislocations...