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...expected with the early non-binding vote, about half the delegates ventured to the Western Massachusetts meeting without yet having made up their minds. So putting in an effective structure to help sway them over to the former astronaut was crucial. The first thing the campaign did was bring the Senator into the state for a day to line up crucial endorsements. Both Massachusetts U.S. Senators had pledged neutrality, as did Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, extending that stance over his cabinet. But Glenn managed to secure a substantial number of state legislators who could be expected to hold sway over...
...time of ethnicity, the club remains a haven for an embattled Wasp old guard. For the younger generation that departs on a picaresque journey through the chaotic world outside, the club is a beacon, a symbol of the formative power of tradition even on those who would escape its sway...
...then is to keep it there, and to make it an issue that judges and juries and policemen cannot forget. For steps must be taken now by lawmakers and law-enforcers alike to reform and improve the handling of rape cases--specifically, the implications of victim-responsibility which often sway juries--if victims are to be encouraged to testify and if the ratio of rape convictions to rapes is ever to improve...
...love and non-violent protest." He did so with a courage and eloquence that responded in quality to DuBois' poignant fear about his son's future. A great deal of social turmoil would erupt in the years following the Birmingham protests. The Black revolution that Malcolm X predicted held sway in riots, police confrontation, and in race relations strained to the breaking point. King himself sought to move closer to this revolution by heading street marches in Chicago and Memphis. Through the tumult rang his steady voice of courage and faith. It recalled the eloquence of the founders of this...
Bandstand memories. A trio or quartet of young women in identical dresses, heavy on the sequins and feathers, sway in gentle syncopation as they mouth the words to their new hit record. They have the rough, "found" beauty of stenos or inner-city cheerleaders, and they run through their number with artless urgency, as if they realize that this is their one fluky shot at stardom. They sing of the idealized male, who needs both adoration and protection: the angel baby, the rebel, the leader of the pack, the playboy, the soldier boy, the fine fine...