Word: northern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Today in Northern Ireland, women walking for peace [Oct. 25] are attacked with bricks and bottles by Irish children, teen-agers and men. Respect for women and love of neighbor are Christian virtues that seem to have been forgotten by these "patriots...
...Black folks intuitively felt a certain kinship with Carter," says Benjamin Hooks, a member of the FCC who has just been named as the next executive director of the N.A.A.C.P. (see box page 22). "There is a certain warmth and camaraderie with Carter. I don't think a Northern white man could have touched that deep well." Adds Lewis, who has dealt with both Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson: "The things Carter has said to me make me feel his sense of understanding and commitment are deeper than Kennedy's or even Johnson...
First Tie. Son of an iron miner, Perpich is a fire-and-brimstone populist from northern Minnesota. As a boy, he shared a bed with two younger brothers. He delights in recalling that on his wedding day in 1954, his father Anton told him to leave behind "that pen you got when you left the eighth grade-one of your brothers can use it." Perpich became a dentist and was elected in 1962 to the state senate, where he pushed mining companies to pay more state taxes and reclaim pit-mined land. Predicted Ulric Scott, chairman of Minnesota...
...breast-feeding mother with her two-week-old infant in tow. A Britain-baiting bartender from Northern Ireland. A maverick former Tory who has been widely denounced as a racist. It was an odd trio, but their support proved essential to Britain's beleaguered Labor government last week as Parliament narrowly passed a series of hotly debated bills. Had the measures been defeated, Prime Minister James Callaghan could have been forced to dissolve the Commons and call for new elections. The closeness of the votes was further proof that Callaghan's hold on No. 10 Downing Street...
...from being a mere appendage to the winning ticket, Walter Frederick Mondale turned out to be a considerable asset. With unflagging energy and unfailing good humor-even when his staff steered him to factory gates after shifts had changed-Mondale effectively worked the northern tier of the U.S. His assignment was to build bridges between Jimmy Carter and the sizable Democratic blocs that did not know the Georgian well: ethnics, labor, liberals...