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Jackson's coalition, which he called the "rainbow," spread from Maine to Montana, Arkansas to Alaska. It included farmers and factory workers, teachers and technicians. It brought together all people who felt shut out of Ronald Reagan's America...
...Democrats, though Dukakis now might have more of a claim to that half- forgotten label. The old-fashioned liberals have Paul Simon to carry their banner, at least until it becomes clear that there are not quite enough of them. Jackson splinters away not only blacks but a mini-rainbow of alienated voters. And now that Gephardt no longer lays claim to the party's moderate and neoliberal sects, Gore hopes to fill that role...
...will live as the moment when the world gave its heart to a tiny wisp of a girl named Katya. Not quite 5 ft. and not quite 90 lbs., Ekaterina Gordeeva was not quite like anyone else in the Saddledome. Fragile, with a smile that comes from over the rainbow, Katya has the gift of making her audience happy. Part of her secret may be that glorious smile. She has superb technique based on first-rate ballet training, but she makes even a triple throw look spontaneous. She has the innocence and sheer energy that enable her, like earlier East...
Some organizers suggested the prize may lead some teaching fellows to work harder in search of a reward. "If there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, maybe some teaching fellows will put more emphasis on teaching, but I think most do already," Cowett said...
...pins that don't even exist. This led to Hollywood movies like I Walked with A Zombie and Zombies on Broadway. I think what [Serpent] attempts to do is give a positive portrayal of a culture at the thrust of change. The whole point of The Serpent and the Rainbow is to take a phenomenon which has been used in an explicitly racist way to denigrate an entire people and turn it on its head and hopefully show something good...