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...that the Soviets have quit propping up regimes in Europe and elsewhere, do you see change coming to Vietnam...
Neither the Israeli army nor Palestinian activists managed to force Nasser Hemeid to quit his job in Israel. Arising each morning at 4, he defied Arab strikes and army curfews as he made the eight-mile trip from the Dehaishe refugee camp near Bethlehem to Jerusalem, where he put in nine-hour days as a plasterer for an Israeli construction firm. After nine years on the job, his wage had risen to nearly $3 an hour, just enough to support his wife and five children...
Boschwitz, made complacent by polls giving him a 15-point lead in September, initially waged a smug campaign. Then he was sucked into a controversy over his party's initial gubernatorial candidate, Jon Grunseth, who was eventually forced to quit the race because of allegations of sexual misconduct. Boschwitz came across as feckless during that ugly dispute. As his lead slipped, his camp committed what political analyst D.J. Leary called "one of the most incredible political blunders I've ever seen in 30 years." The Senator's supporters circulated a letter among Jewish voters accusing Wellstone of weak commitment...
...with 35 members. Now Colemon operates Chicago's largest black church, boasting 10,000 followers who meet in a sprawling $10.5 million complex on the city's South Side. Colemon was ordained by the Unity School of Christianity, based in Unity Village, Mo., a New Thought group that she quit in 1974 because of what she charged was a racist tinge. Colemon preaches reincarnation (she believes she was once an Egyptian princess) and an unapologetic quest for material prosperity ("Money is God in action"). Practicing what she preaches, the pastor lives in a 23- room mansion...
Mary Robinson, the candidate of the minority Labour Party, an organization she quit five years ago, impressed voters with her articulate, polished image. The first woman to capture the presidency, Robinson is as notable for her & political radicalism as for her gender, and her election signaled a shift away from traditional attitudes among the electorate...