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...helped feed the hungry? Have you brought water to the thirsty?... To the extent that you've done these unto the least, you have done them unto me," Culver paraphrases. "I don't think conservatives can improve on that rating system," he adds. "My opponent [who got a 100-per-cent Moral Majority rating] voted against foreign aid. What would Jesus Christ have said to that when one billion people in the world are going to bed hungry every night?" he asks...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: An III Wind Doth Blow | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...clear notion of what Rudman draws on for support. One taxation handout states in boldface that Durkin voted TO KILL a cut in the social security payroll tax hike, TO KILL a $30 billion tax cut, TO KILL a $7.3 billion tax cut, and TO KILL a 10-per-cent individual tax cut. "This message is brought to you by Defeat Durkin because you should have the facts when you select your next U.S. Senator," voters are informed; on a coupon, the leaflet adds, "I agree that John Durkin's two-faced record must be exposed," with room...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Existentialism in Granite | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...taxpayer dollars to remain in interest-free accounts at a bank that later loaned him $100,000 in campaign funds. A grand jury has also questioned him about his role in transferring a cable-television franchise to a company in which the county's Republican leader had a 16-per-cent interest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New York | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...town of Lorain--county seat of Lorain--lies about six-and-a-half miles north of Highway 90, past Elyria, where the students from Oberlin College got their 3-per-cent beer when the Women's Christian Temperance Union threw them out of town, and then past tiny Clearview...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Pride Grows With Progress | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

Although he predicted the proposition would pass with a 60-per-cent majority, Manley outlined its faults, saying it would reduce tax revenues, bankrupt several cities, force cities to lay off hundreds of municipal employees, and discourage municipal bond investment...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Proposition 2 1/2 Outshines Other Ballot Questions | 10/28/1980 | See Source »

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