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...Racial injustice and inequality still stain our national life, and their elimination must remain high on our national priorities," Kennedy said...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Kennedy Calls President Insensitive to Minorities | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

...with rifles moving down the mountainside. "When they are in range, tell them to halt with hands up," the captain ordered. The call echoed over the valley, but the two figures chose to run. The soldiers bowled them over with their G3s. One fell on his back; a red stain appeared on his shirt. Two other guerrillas were also killed that afternoon from the Giron veranda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: We Are from These People | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

...first day on the job, I shelled out 89 cents for a Super-Saver polyester tie. Damned if I was going to stain a real tie with discount spaghetti sauce. Next, I had to get trained. The manager assigned me to John, high-school dropout and expert on stock-boying. John, however, was reluctant to share his expertise, and I was forced to teach myself tricks such as keeping my thumb out of the way of the razor blade carton opener and making sure that all the cans of toilet bowl disinfectant had their labels facing the customers...

Author: By William F. Hammond, | Title: Folding Cardboard in the Back | 3/17/1981 | See Source »

...minutes after the appointed time, as the perspiration stain on the reporter's notebook grows darker, a junior press aide steps from his office. "The president is ready...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: A Presidential Close-Up | 2/13/1981 | See Source »

...chews the gum furiously, spitting into the office carpet that will never show the stain, the words coming out in a lightly salivated rinse. "Couple of weeks ago (chomp) Carter goes into the plant up in Avon Lake (chomp) and says he'll give them a billion dollars (chomp, chomp, chomp). That's a lot of (chomp) bullshit...Reagan (chomp) can only cite the record (chomp). You talk about hostages (chomp), they're still hostages (chomp)..." The smile gets larger as the daughter of the waitress at the Czech grill downtown mechanically answers that mom will vote for Reagan. "Those...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Pride Grows With Progress | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

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