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...claims they had first raised in the earlier case. His ruling last week prompted hosannas from the religious right. "Humanism will no longer be guaranteed a preferred position in American education," exulted Robert Skolrood, executive director of the National Legal Foundation, a group established by the television evangelist Pat Robertson that helped represent the plaintiff parents and teachers. "Humanism and its hidden agenda are now out of the closet...
...vortex of history," says a friend. Her life is not likely to settle down just yet, however. Fawn is in sudden demand as a model, and Actress Farrah Fawcett has called with plans to portray her in a movie. Let's see, Ryan O'Neal could play Arturito, Cliff Robertson could be Oliver North...
...week's conference can influence the narrow world of nomination politics. Vice President George Bush courted the CPAC crowd for years and, despite his patrician style, made some friends. This year, sensing a stronger ideological mood, Bush skipped the conference, as did Howard Baker. Senator Robert Dole, Evangelist Pat Robertson and a few lesser candidates, however, welcomed the chance to chat up the conservatives...
Last week, however, other candidates were more restrained than Kemp. Robertson's speech emphasized domestic social issues. When asked about Shultz, he said, "It's unwise to spend our time fighting about personalities." Dole talked tough on foreign policy, but he said he was not going to tell the President whom to keep in his Cabinet...
Kemp's speech apparently worked: in a straw poll of 287 delegates, Kemp won 68% of the votes, in contrast to 5% for Dole and 4% each for Bush and Robertson. However, a larger poll taken this month of conservative activists around the country showed Bush marginally ahead, with Kemp and Dole virtually tied for second...