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That proved a problem for Republican Sam Yorty, who was swamped by Bradley in last April's mayoral race. "He doesn't offend people because he doesn't take a stand on anything," gripes Yorty, who defeated Bradley in 1969 but lost to him four years later. By and large, the mayor's understated ways have earned him almost worshipful respect. "Tom Bradley's cool under fire," says Governor Jerry Brown. Says John Mack, head of the Los Angeles Urban League: "He is one of our heroes...
...refusing ads for porno magazines, The Crimson is setting itself up as a prudish censor. Screw offends not for its depiction of sexually explicit subjects--which have, on occasion, appeared in The Crimson and do not in themselves offend us--but for its promotion of sexual exploitation. There is a critical and easily discernible distinction between the two; and until society and its institutions, like The Crimson, learn to draw it better, both equality between the sexes and a healthy attitude towards sexuality will remain unattainable...
...disdain. The spirits of the past strike hardest with the discovery of an untamed, uneducated filthy young man named Son who has been hiding in the Street's house for days. At first he is an ugly rastaman, a "nigger in the woodpile" whose lack of breeding and cleanliness offend her and the rest of the family. All except Valerian, who invites him to stay-and with one gesture opens the door to legends and tales that will haunt the rest of the plot...
...program in recognizable shape. That is at least questionable: though Reagan has clearly convinced the nation that a bold new venture must be attempted, he is asking Congressmen to vote for spending cuts that will hurt their own constituents-and there is something in his plan to offend just about every lobby in Washington...
...both Buckley and Kilpatrick the marijuana issue turned on the question of personal freedom, the right of the individual to be left alone by big government, and they had the intellectual honesty to take a position they knew would offend many of their conservative followers...