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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter replied that he wholeheartedly supports open-housing laws that make it a crime to refuse to sell or rent a house or apartment on the grounds of race, color or creed. But he opposes Government programs "to inject black families into a white neighborhood just to create some sort of integration." Said he: "I have nothing against a community that is made up of people who are Polish, or who are Czechoslovakians, or who are French Canadians or who are blacks trying to maintain the ethnic purity of their neighborhoods. This is a natural inclination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Candidate Carter: 1 Apologize' | 4/19/1976 | See Source »

...Claw." When applied to the soft underbelly of the soft underbelly of an inexperienced grappler, von Erich's steel hard grip can gouge through ordinary flesh and grasp ever-so vital internal organs. Von Erich is equipped with a device which was developed late in the War--a sort of belt which wraps around his genitalia. It is electronically attuned to his body smell. When he begins to lose, and starts secreting the smell of fear, the electronic "pod," situated in his testicles, is activated. The shock drives him into a state of mindless frenzy in which he has been...

Author: By Nick Eberstadt, | Title: Some Notes on Big-Time Wrestling | 4/15/1976 | See Source »

...were, understandably, preoccupied with news, and when there was no news, with gossip. Virginia adored gossip. She was fascinated by the details of existence--the comings, the doings and the goings--and writes about them at length. On one occasion, though, even she finds it tedious: "This is the sort of thing I have to write to you about. There is nothing else...

Author: By John Sedgwick, | Title: A Painter at Her Easel | 4/13/1976 | See Source »

...phenomenon; this India seems to have taken a step outside and is adapting to the strong external light rather well. The process of adaptation has been a more difficult and sometimes painful one and more problems in the future are inevitable. But that future is faced with a bold sort of confidence which probably derives from the traditional and cultural heritage that was salvaged from the 'interior' and has endured...

Author: By Anand Mahindra, | Title: India | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

...Billy and I have sort of influenced each other over the past five years, we've grown together and changed each other. We're very much akin in our philosophy, and we developed our style together...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Taylor Decides to Leave Cambridge; Will Coach Yale Varsity Next Season | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

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