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Even with Liberal backing, the Tories would still be eight short of a majority in Commons. That means Heath might try to dicker with the eleven Unionists from Northern Ireland.* But all of the Unionists are supporters of Protestant Extremist Ian Paisley, who has rejected the Tory-imposed peace settlement for the troubled province. By contrast, Labor might have better luck in garnering support from the nationalist M.P.s. Wilson himself avoided comment on Heath's decision, but another top Laborite spat out that Heath was "a very, very stubborn bastard, just like Nixon...
...organ is lit up like the stage at Radio City Music Hall. Overblown poppies bloom in Oriental splendor in the organist's iridescent paisley jacket. At the keyboard, he rocks vigorously in gigue time, his rhinestone-decorated black suede shoes dancing over the pedals. Cascading waves of sound shake Manhattan's Carnegie Hall. Then, with a puff of smoke, the organist disappears. Overhead, a glowing portrait of a rotund face with crimped curls and dimpled chin flashes on a screen. The overflow audience explodes in cheers for Virgil Fox and Johann Sebastian Bach...
...question now is whether the new executive body can keep up the spirit of compromise. Extremists on both sides predictably scorned the agreement. The Rev. Ian Paisley, a leader of the Protestant Loyalists, called it a "sellout...
Wearing a long, chinchilla-trimmed orange paisley coat, velvet jockey cap and sturdy black lace-ups, Nevelson was a little doubtful about the location of her work among the luxury apartment houses of upper Park Avenue. Some passers-by agreed with her, though not for the same reason. "It's hideous!" exclaimed a matron only to be overruled by a threeyear-old completely attuned to Nevelson's wave length. "It isn't the Statue of Liberty," he cried. "What's it called...
...Loyalists-led by the Rev. Ian Paisley and former Home Affairs Minister William Craig-refuse to share any significant political power with Northern Ireland's 500,000 Catholics, who make up one-third of the population. Brian Faulkner, on the other hand, has pledged that his Unionists would be willing to work with some Catholics. A coalition of his party with the S.D.L.P. and the Alliance would have strength enough to control the committees that will rule on many day-today matters for the province...