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FARMER constantly uses the phrase "black community" in conversation. Though not a separatist he believes strongly in what he calls "ethnic entities." To Farmer the "black community" always acts in the singular, not the plural. It stands united against white America; on that much he agrees with Innis. However, the whites are not united in the same way against black America. Here he parts company with Innis and sees a chance for the "black community" to wield great power in a pluralist society...

Author: By Thomas Geoghagen, | Title: James Farmer | 2/4/1969 | See Source »

Kennedy, the man who not only challenged an incumbent President of his own party but also split the Democrats' anti-Johnson faction, gloried in his wide-swinging dissent. But, he said, it is members of the national leadership who "divide us." Though he used the plural, the only divider he named was "the President of the United States, President Johnson." Could he reconcile with Johnson, perhaps become his running mate? "A coalition government is possible in Viet Nam," cracked Kennedy. "But I don't think it is possible here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats: Bobby's Groove | 3/29/1968 | See Source »

Mehta's qualities at this point are more than enough to put him in the forefront of today's young conductors, but he is not alone. "Look at our generation!" he says, affecting, as he often does, the royal first-person-plural pronoun. "We've got competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conductors: Gypsy Boy | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

...Senate the Williams Bill met strong opposition led by Senator Proxmire (D-Wis.). Majority Leader Mansfield (D-Mon.) offered an acceptable compromise amendment that kills the bill on June 30, 1969 if proceedings and hearings (in plural) have not been carried out by then...

Author: By Robert C. Pozen, | Title: Which McCarthy? | 1/9/1968 | See Source »

...same grade as semolina pudding; more likely is an abomination of "filcher", meaning in this context a hippie so degraded that he has to steal, violating the hippie ethics. 18) to jump? 19) the Penguin textbook editions; here means people who haven't read farther. The word is actually plural in the song, and is an appositive of choking smokers. 20) chanted repeatedly by a host. 21) the death of Oswald from King Lear: act IV, scene vi, lines...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: Goo Goo Goo Joob | 12/14/1967 | See Source »

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