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...they are distributing across the nation, was available at the Scotland, Conn., rally; it offers a glimpse into the journalism of the Neanderthal Right. "Ku Klux Klan Calls For:" and then, in 144-point type, "WHITE UNITY." The lead article, written by Mr. Wilkinson, urges whites to "unite and reclaim our country and bring an end to black crime." Otherwise, it is a fairly dull treatise on liberal social schemes, affirmative action, "blood money" sent to Israel, and welfare. More interesting is the other front-page story, which calls on youngsters ten to 17 years old to join the Klan...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: View From the Fringe | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

...tinged with an odor at once dead and sweet. Only fragments in the rubble-wire nettings, a square of bathroom tile ?suggest that life ever existed in that place. Beyond the dust lawns, sudden green weeds have begun a crazy garden, as if the wilderness had decided to reclaim the neighborhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York, New York, It's a ... | 8/18/1980 | See Source »

...that some swimming experts feel the summer's best meet is not the one in Moscow but the U.S. championships in Irvine, Calif., this week. Indeed, the Irvine event has become a shadow Olympics, an opportunity for the U.S. mermen to top the winning times in Moscow-and reclaim world attention from the hard-stroking Soviet swimmers, who had five golds entering Saturday's competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Cheers,Jeers in Moscow | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

...former Nicaraguan Dictator Anastasio Somoza. Throughout the weeklong celebrations marking the first anniversary of the Sandinista victory, the P.L.O. leader was given an enthusiastic reception. Everywhere he turned in Managua, he found his grinning face plastered on posters and T shirts along with the slogan: "The people of Palestine reclaim their country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Courting the Sandinistas | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

...convention hall, a velvet-paneled library. Marriott has franchised the 228-room Galvez in Galveston, Texas, a once splendid Spanish-style hotel that was bought in 1978 by Houston Heart Surgeon Denton Cooley and a partner for $1.75 million. After a $10 million restoration, the Galvez is poised to reclaim its title as "Queen of the Gulf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Food, a Fire and a Little Quiet | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

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