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...Sunday, October 5, 1980 The New York Times Magazine devoted two articles to the topic: "The Black Plight: Race or Class?" which took the form of a debate between Kenneth Clark, a prominent Black psychologist and Carl Gershman, a former civil-rights activist...
...million in late 1976 if they could persuade the incoming Carter Administration to fix his legal problems. The group in turn paid W. Spencer Lee IV, a lawyer from Albany, Ga., $10,000 to talk with his longtime friend and Carter confidant Hamilton Jordan about Vesco's plight. Lee met first with Carter Aide Richard M. Harden, who, claims Lee, persuaded him not to see Jordan. Lee says he then dropped the scheme entirely. After investigating Vesco I for 18 months, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., disbanded without returning any indictments. But Justice Department lawyers...
...committee has received $150 in pledges. Other activities surrounding the fast include a film to be shown on Thursday night and a speech by Ahmed Farah, an Oxfam field worker from Somalia. A discussion on the plight of East Africa in the Kennedy School Forum is slated for that week...
Singer represents many "anti-religious" professionals who view mankind as an animal, not a spiritual being, Wilson, comparing the plight of the Unification Church to that of early Christianity before it gained legitimacy, said...
Heartfelt thanks for your article highlighting the plight of America's latest endangered species, the U.S. citizen abroad [Sept. 29]. I hope Golden Fleecer Senator Proxmire has a relief bill for the non-mink-clad who return home jobless and savingsless because of the interplay of high cost of living abroad and high U.S. taxes. Ironically, the Communists have been painting the walls for years with YANKEE GO HOME, but it is Proxmire and the U.S. Treasury boys who are implementing that slogan. Thomas L. Hughes Caracas...