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...ever say again that ol' Sam Hudson doesn't go all the way for the voters. Since January, Hudson, a Texas state legislator serving a Dallas district, has submitted 106 bills that he said were dear to his constituents. But key committees ignored the measures. Upset by charges that he lacked legislative clout, Hudson did some fast thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Fast Politics | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

...acknowledgment that NBC has practiced sex discrimination, some $1.6 million in raises and back pay will go to former and present employees The rest of the money will go for legal fees and a staff to monitor compliance with the settlement. NBC also agreed to move women into 15% ol its high-level jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Taking the Tube | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

...artistic shortcomings, Roots had a raw, visceral impact on many viewers. A handful of people, mostly teenagers, reacted violently. In Greenville, Miss., some white junior high school students taunted blacks: "You ol' slave, my granddaddy owned you once upon a time." Chanting "Roots, roots, roots," a gang of black toughs roughed up four white youths at Detroit's Ford High School. A well-to-do white woman in Atlanta voiced one fear: "I thought Roots was awful. The blacks were just getting settled down, and this will make them angry again." African History Professor John Henrik Clarke of New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHY 'ROOTS' HIT HOME | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

Oliver was formally apprenticed. It was a nice sickly season just at this time ... and, in the course of a few weeks, Ol- iver acquired a great deal of experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: King of the 'Bug Boys' | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

Here are a few listings Rupert told me to toss your way: Tonight at 8 you got John Lincoln Wright and the Sour Mash Boys and Old Number 7 at the Rexicana Ballroom on Route 139 in Marshfield. To get to where the good ol' tunes are, you got to rev up the dune buggy, sport. (Tie your Kangaroo down first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROCK | 1/13/1977 | See Source »

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