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...members to use their marketing skills for worthy projects. We really believe," he adds, "in the future of America." The Roller Skater Rink Operators Association of America, who have been hosting some $3 million worth of skate-a-thons. The Brunswick Corporation, (which, according to its president, held a picnic for MD-afflicted kids. "We promised them superstars, and we delivered. Professional bowler Carmen Salvino, for example."), makers of the sort of athletic equipment used in suburbs not blessed with tennis courts. That's bowling balls and pool tables. At the local station, the Letter Carriers union hands over...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Boston: 267-2200 | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...days, and certainly more than a position paper. Forty or fifty supporters of a city council candidate would get together, attach campaign signs and railroad flares to their cars, and drive slowly through the city. The candidate would gather everyone from the neighborhood at Thompson's Grove for a picnic, a ball game, and a pledge of undying loyalty through election day. And there were thousands of slate cards for kids to hand voters as they entered the polls, palm-sized pieces of cardboard with the proper names on them just in case anyone had forgotten...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The Education Of a City Kingpin | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...another, more public afternoon in Mocksville, N.C., at a Masonic picnic, Helms is not asked to account for his future. His speech is scheduled between Ferris wheel rides and an all-you-can-eat feast of baked ham and lemon pie. Supporters mob him all day. He is happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To the Right, March!: Jesse Helms | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...began two years ago when young people started disregarding STAY OFF THE GRASS signs to picnic and sunbathe on the park's green expanse. Next, a few students from the nearby university shed their bras. Panties followed, and some men forgot their trunks. Dips in the park's crystal-clear waters became skinny-dips. But the real ecdysiast explosion commenced this summer. By last week, as temperatures rose, at least 400 nudes sprawled provocatively alongside the park's main path. In fact, passers-by wearing street clothes were often hailed with cries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Barefoot - and More - in the Park | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

Take a Democrat to a Picnic. Three days before the House vote, the President invited 15 pivotal Democrats to Camp David for an all-American afternoon of hot dogs, hamburgers and homily. Among them was Glenn English, a fourth-term Congressman from Oklahoma. Reagan followed up the hamburger with a handwritten note to "Dear Glenn," promising to veto any bills that would authorize a windfall-profits tax on natural gas. English later showed the note to colleagues of his with natural gas interests among their constituents. They, like English, voted Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tracking the Great Persuader | 8/10/1981 | See Source »

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