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...Soviet bloc quite as much as fans in neutral and Western nations, as the Kremlin leaders well realize. It is a measure of the political importance they attach to the Games, and the depth of their anger with the U.S., that they knowingly took a step sure to stir deep unhappiness among their allies and their own people, as well as citizens of other countries who ordinarily pay little attention to international politics. In the Soviet Union, which has no professional sports as they are known in the West, the whole athletic system is geared to winning Olympic medals...
...rushed to seek safety in U.S. Treasury securities. Dealers in other markets temporarily lost confidence in the rising dollar and started bidding up the price of gold. Even the porkbellies market reacted, and prices fell because Continental is a big lender to commodities traders. Some traders apparently helped stir up the panic to make a quick profit...
...whole, The Stone Boy is a moving picture of Montana life, and of the pain that can result when even the closest of families insulates their children from life's harshness. Yet because of the film's heavy-handed treatment, it both fails to stir fully the audience in the same way that similar films like Ordinary People. The stone boy melts in this movie, by the audience only partially thaws...
...Coalition. But the electorate is polarized nevertheless, with blacks voting overwhelmingly for Jackson and whites voting overwhelmingly for white candidates. "A certain latent racism has come out," says Gary Willis, Henry Luce Professor of American Culture and Public Policy at Northwestern University. "People say, 'Whenever I hear somebody stir up crowds, I think of Hitler.' That kind of comment shows a blindness to black style, and it's most often said by people who've never heard a black church service...
...with the drive and audacity to mount such an extraordinary political campaign. Revolutions of all kinds-political, economic, social-are often led by rough-edged men, and Jackson is unexceptional in their company. The established order is invariably unnerved by firebrands with fiercely held views, especially if those views stir the masses. The press is equally "traumatized," says Jackson, who has grown cool to even the black reporters who trail him. No longer does he indulge in "Let's talk black talk" off-the-record sessions. "I don't trust you all on that level," he tells black...