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...must never allow Soviet Jews to become faceless and nameless statistics," Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of Law, told a crowd of 200 yesterday at a Boston Common rally protesting the plight of Soviet Jews...
...must never, never falter in our efforts," Drinan said, noting that the plight of Soviet Jews has worsened recently. He added a breaktrough could come at any time...
Thus Schepisi lulls the audience into the colonists' state of mind. They are sympathetic to Jimmie Blacksmith's plight, and yet they want him to defeat this system on its own terms. He finally finds decent employment and marries, he shuts himself off from his Aborigme heritage, and yet' there's that impenetrable look in his eyes...
...instant media stars and "experts," 28-year-old Michele Wallace stands, by any account, as one of the biggest and brightest. Her book Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman has catapulted her to talk-show and lecture-circuit fame as the reigning authority on the plight of the Black woman, particularly her relationship with the Black man. Even the Washington Post said the "fearless presentation of her analysis quite takes the breath away. It is serious, well-written, effective in its demystification, valuable as a model of hardheaded but caring analysis, principled in its criticism, important...
...REDUCTIONS ALONE cannot offset all these forces. When combined with cutbacks in federal aid to distressed urban areas, they can only contribute to the long-range fiscal plight of America's cities by sealing off tax revenues for years to come. But when used alongside other governmental efforts such as federal loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies or direct public sector development, and when used in the right amounts at the proper time in the right neighborhoods, the tax breaks can help turn our cities around. Only John Anderson puts the tax break in this more accurate perspective. Jimmy Carter rejects...