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...interesting sidelight: co-captain KIM BELSHE is a maple-nut purist and refuses to compromise her well-cultivated tastes, while MARGET LONG and PAT HORNE can be counted upon unfailingly to demand oreo with Reeses mix-in and coffee with Heath bars, respectively. NANCY BOUTILIER and FRANESSA HALL, much less predictable and more adventuresome (curiously paralleled by their court play) will down just about any combination...
...students--gays, Blacks, Koreans, etc.--have many interests. Later in the editorial, Grafstein makes the mistake of saying whites do this or they don't do that. Grafstein writes of their clamoring for longer library hours and "the insensitivity of whites." Although I am far from a language purist, I really do feel that words such as "some," "often times" and "many" are still good words in the latest usage of the English language. The use of the phrase "majority of white students" at one point does not absolve Grafstein of guilt in the rest of the essay. In fact...
...Jesse Jackson, black activist: "Mr. Reagan's approach to foreign policy is that of a macho man. And John Anderson is a vacuum cleaner to suck up the frustrated, the purist and the self-righteous...
...purist on penmanship, W.l.M.A.'s King admits to a feeling that script that is just a little sloppy may indicate "a more complex and exciting person." Nonetheless, W.I.M.A. recommends 17 steps toward more legible handwriting, including "Slow down. Sit properly. Watch out ftr tricky letters... a, e, t and r cause the most difficulty." And at the end of the list "Think of the person receiving what you write, and be merciful...
...former left-wing Tory long since converted to tight money and tax cuts, became Chancellor of the Exchequer. John Nott, 47, a tough Cornishman once fired by Heath as too inflexible, became Secretary for Trade and Prices. John Biffen, 48, a deceptively shy but zealous right-wing purist and nationalistic opponent of the Common Market, was named Chief Secretary of the Treasury, in effect, director of the budget. Thatcher's one concession to the moderates on the economic front: confirming James Prior, 51, as Employment Secretary. A ruddy Suffolk farmer and most prominent of the so-called Tory social...