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That feeling helped the birth in 1977 of the League for the Advancement of States' Equal Rights (LASER), the main force behind what is known as the Sagebrush Rebellion. Led mostly by local government officials, state lawmakers and ranchers, the Sagebrush movement is attempting to wrest control of as much as 400 million acres of the land now owned by the Federal Government. Several states, including Utah, Arizona and Wyoming, have passed resolutions laying claim to their federal land, and Nevada is planning to sue the Department of Interior and the Bureau of Land Management to win the rights...
Though the rebellion has been mostly smoldering for the past three years, the election of Ronald Reagan has suddenly given supporters new hope. Reagan, who won 60% of the popular votes cast in the Mountain States, sent a telegram to a meeting of 500 rebellion sup porters held in Salt Lake City last month relaying his "best wishes to all my fellow Sagebrush reb els." Added the President-elect: "I renew my pledge to work toward a Sagebrush solution ... to insure that the states have an equitable share of public lands and their natural resources...
...soul. First they do all the world's work, then they wage all the world's wars, then they rebel and destroy their makers. "You are not as strong as the robots, you are not as skillful as the robots," says the leader of the rebellion. "I want to be master...
...owes more to the hipster rhythms of Sly Stone and the blistering aggression of the punks. "People assume the way a black group would go is rhythm and blues," Kevin O'Neal reflects. "But rock 'n' roll has more avenues and more freedom. It is about rebellion and change." Adds Brian: "In one sense, our album acknowledges the white influence on black music...
Jiang Qing is not accused of conspiring with Lin Biao, or with other members of the Gang of Four who allegedly planned an armed rebellion to "usurp power" in 1976, when Mao was close to death. Instead, the charges against her focus on her systematic persecution of creative artists during the Cultural Revolution. Among other things, she is accused of hiring 40 people in Shanghai to disguise themselves as Red Guards and ransack the homes of writers and performers. The apparent purpose: to find and destroy letters, photos and other potentially damaging materials on Jiang Qing's early career...