Word: references
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...black soldiers today are drawn from among the most militant black spokesmen. Eldridge Cleaver receives the approval of 72 per cent; Malcolm X, 70 per cent, and Cassius Clay, 69 per cent. Edward Brooke, the only black U.S. Senator, draws the approval of less than half; black sailors refer to him as an "Oreo"-a cookie, black on the outside, white on the inside. Another moderate, Roy Wilkins, received only 53 per cent backing. The NAACP leader, highly popular with Whitney Young among the black soldiers of 1967, is roundly criticized today for condemning the black studies movement...
White friendships the black soldier makes drinking from the same canteen or ducking the same bullets are not as evident as they were three years ago when I first went to Vietnam. A few whites today refer to "my soul brothers" and make the black power sign. But most black soldiers don't expect such friendships to change the racist world to which he will return...
...quote a man if your restrictions of space must damage his idea? I refer to your piece about me in PEOPLE [Sept. 14]. I talked for five minutes in complex fashion about Women's Liberation. You pulled three unrelated sentences out of it. The ladies deserve to take over journalism...
...Yanks. Like the U.S., Moscow is finding global politics brings many problems. The Japanese, annoyed by the blustering manners of Soviet trade officials, often refer to them as the "Red Yanks." Developing countries like Somalia and Tanzania have shown skill at playing Moscow against Washington or Peking to maximum advantage. Moreover, most countries still regard the Russians with deep suspicion. Much as Libya's military government has welcomed Soviet arms aid, it has refused to allow Soviet warships to call at Tobruk for repairs and resupply. Egypt still bans the Communist Party, for all its reliance on Moscow...
...levels for Senator Charles Goodell, who is behind in the race. On the surface, they are intended simply to increase voter recognition. More important perhaps, the camera looks him full in the eye, close up, portraying him as an independent of firmly held, clear beliefs. They do not refer overtly to one of his problems-the charge that he has adopted liberalism only lately out of expediency-but they are intended to neutralize the opposition's attack...