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...balancing U.S. intermediate-range missiles in Europe against the Soviet arsenal at a lower level. They insist on total withdrawal of American missiles while retaining a large number of their own. The goal of leaving Europe vulnerable to Soviet nuclear blackmail is obvious. Yet significant segments of European opinion persist in blaming the U.S. for the deadlock. In Europe and in the U.S., this attitude must in time erode the public support needed not only for missile deployment but also for coherent arms control...
...problem will undoubtedly persist until record stores install a section for what the group itself calls "baroque rock-and-roll...
Even when the desire to vote is strong, structural barriers to voter registration persist in a host of states. "The states impose maximum impediments on registration," former President Jimmy Carter said last fall at a symposium on voter registration sponsored by Harvard and ABC News. "It is almost impossible to figure out how, in a convenient way, to become registered," he said. Carter's lament is borne out by the proliferation of rules and regulations in some states that make it downright difficult to get to the voting booth. Despite the provisions of the Voting Rights Act, which was designed...
...Blacks' struggle for human and civil rights in this country, shown most noticeably in the Rainbow coalition theme of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's and Mel King's campaigns. Blacks have moved from a protest-oriented mode to action through the judicial and political systems. But inequalities persist and the call for unification Malcolm X began seems to fall on deaf ears...
...faint hope of gold, silver or bronze medals. U.S. athletes in the "minor" winter sports of biathlon, Nordic skiing, bobsled, luge and ski jumping have won only one silver and one bronze since 1956. But despite archaic equipment, meager training and, in most cases, pitifully small funding, they persist against the lavishly bestowed resources of Scandinavia, East Germany and the U.S.S.R. And this year, while perhaps only four have medal prospects, the 50 or so plucky Olympians have dreams of personal bests and extra effort that will bring the U.S. a wisp more respect on the back slopes...