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...children and that the Government ought to say so. If by saying so, however, the Government begins to destroy its principles from the inside, what then? For a big place this is an awfully delicate country, the nettings so intricately drawn that everyone feels the same reverberations. Even schoolchildren. It seems hard to believe that the whole enterprise could be endangered for one small child standing off to the side wondering if he belongs. But whose country is it anyway? -By Roger Rosenblatt
...cites Reagan's 1980 vow to balance the budget as the biggest unkept promise in political history. He charges that Reagan's tax and budget cuts were a sellout to corporations and the wealthy. Mondale ticks off the groups that he supports: the unemployed, workers needing retraining, schoolchildren, anyone who wants clean air and water, the elderly, blacks, Hispanics and women. "If those are special interests," he says, "count me in. I'm proud of every one of them...
...firstborn, Marcus, has gone to war, leaving her to struggle along with her three other children. The family, though, is merely the centerpiece of a civic tableau; as staged, oratorio-style, by Director Wilford Leach, a large chorus sits facing the audience,with various performers stepping forward to portray schoolchildren, townspeople and soldiers. The hero is not an individual but the imaginary, indomitable town of Ithaca...
...sooner had the eight candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination stopped vying for the attention of TV Talk Show Host Phil Donahue, waving their arms like excited schoolchildren, than their camp followers began vying for the attention of the press to declare victory...
Nine out of 13 Houses sponsored activities for assigned neighboring communities this fall, says Wacker, pointing to still more elaborate second-semester plans, including a new program involving Harvard athletes and troubled Cambridge schoolchildren. For the first time in recent years, PBH had contested elections for all its executive posts, reflecting the surge in interest in volunteerism, says Macleod...