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...most persistent and pernicious myths in America's overflowing collection of racist ideas. Historians as diverse as Ulrich B. Phillips, a staunch defender of the Confederacy, and Eugene Genovese, a Marxist, have convincingly shown that there was no widespread deliberate mating of slaves. This preposterous theory has nevertheless wormed its way into the collective consciousness through such classic works of pulp fiction as Mandingo. It is probably no coincidence that Kyle Onstott, creator of that lurid depiction of the couplings between and within the races on a fictional slave-rearing plantation, was also the author...
...reports. A deposit of $15,000 was made last July. In fact, the money goes to Alexander Haig's son and namesake Alex Haig, who helps manage his father's campaign. Though unusual, there was nothing illegal about the arrangement, and young Haig says it was all quite legitimate. Nevertheless, starting this month, he and his wife Wendy will dissolve Concord Associates and start receiving paychecks in their own names. The young Haigs' first paychecks: $5,000 each...
...size from a miniature fawn up to the just departed buck, and 18 kinds of frogs. There are also lifelike rabbits, geese, chickens, lambs, foxes, crocodiles, armadillos, toy poodles and blue jays. On a larger scale, Harper features full-size pigs and half-size cows and black bears, which nevertheless weigh about a fifth...
...star, Good Morning, Vietnam concerns the misadventures of Armed Forces Radio disc jockey Adrian Cronauer, who is stationed in Saigon as U.S. involvement escalates in 1965. An iconoclast whose humorous broadcasting style has won him the admiration of the common grunts and the top brass alike, Cronauer must nevertheless face the displeasure of his immediate superiors as he tries to bring truth, integrity, and rock n' roll to the fighting...
Haig had left the White House and was back at the Pentagon when the Watergate scandal broke. Nixon appointed him White House chief of staff after John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman resigned. Unswervingly loyal to Nixon, Haig nevertheless established a good relationship with Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. Many credit Haig with running the country while Nixon fought impeachment...