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...effective coalition had three factions. There was the so-called Richmond Establishment in the state capital. Here the bankers and the editorial pages of the Richmond newspapers lent powerful support to the Byrds. The Machine, in return for keeping corporate taxes and public welfare spending very low, received staunch backing from business and industry. The Organization was also able to pile up phenomenal margins in rural Southside Virginia by maintaining a gentlemanly but firm stance against integration. Southside, along the North Carolina border, is a lot like Alabama's Black belt...
...uninhibited are her on-camera demonstrations that some viewers suspect that the more hilarious moments may stem from a preshow nip or two. But such is not the case. Although she is a staunch advocate of using wine in cooking, she never imbibes on the set. In fact, the wine that is shown on the table at the end of her show is, for economy reasons, a mixture of water and Gravy Master; Julia herself once kidded the rumor by pretending to take a sip of the mixture, announcing, "I am now going to enjoy a delicious glass of estate...
...also wants them for the benefit of Latin America, which increasingly looks to the tall, scholarly visionary as a new leader of the Democratic left and a new force that could help pull the Southern Hemisphere tighter together. Frei is already moving in that direction. He is a staunch booster of economic integration. He was among the first to propose a hemispheric summit conference, now tentatively scheduled for next spring. "We have a commitment in Latin America," Frei says. "This makes us proud and binds...
...month ago former Governor Ellis Arnall, a moderate with a distinctly liberal image, ran ahead of five other candidates by 55,000 votes in the Democratic gubernatorial primary--a comfortable margin, but not large enough to avoid a runoff with staunch segregationist Lester Maddox...
...this is slightly understandable in the context of Massachusetts politics and, specifically, the legislative turmoil that produced the sales tax. Gov. John A. Volpe fought long and hard for the tax, submitting proposal after proposal until the staunch Democratic opposition finally weakened. The law is less than a year old, and even without the fight, some mistakes could have been expected...