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...success of Thomas' tactic was a testament to black political power. White Southern Democrats, whose re-election depends on combining huge black voting majorities with much smaller shares of the white vote, came down in Thomas' favor after polls showed that large majorities of African Americans supported him. Among them was Lawrence C. Presley, the only black county commissioner of Etowah County, Ala. "I felt that we needed a black to take over that spot on the Supreme Court," says Presley. "We felt here in the Deep South that that was a very vital issue...
Caterpillar's main strikebreaking tactic had been to advertise for permanent replacements; unemployed workers throughout the region were lining up to fill the $35,000 vacancies. Some U.A.W. leaders feared that Caterpillar's success may have provided a tactical lesson to auto-industry executives who will enter their own labor negotiations next year. But Caterpillar's real trump card may have been the recession itself. U.A.W. president Owen Bieber bravely vowed that "the fight isn't over." If and when it resumes, Caterpillar workers would be better advised to find a stronger moment in a sounder economy...
Maryland Coach Cindy Timchal wasn't letting this one slip away however. Using a tactic she had employed a year ago against Harvard, Timchal called for a stick-check on Downing...
Admittedly, mau-mauing is a dubious tactic, but the sad fact is that politics have changed: If we want to make our representatives listen to us, we have to hit them with weapons they understand. Unresponsive politicians would learn quickly that ignoring constituents with cameras, voices and energy does not pay. This tactic forces our politicians, who are widely perceived as disconnected to citizens, to connect or be burned...
...well past the land's capacity to accept the waste," says Robert Leflar, a Sierra Club official; he and others fear the litter will seep through porous limestone and contaminate streams and groundwater. Clinton in 1990 appointed an animal-waste task force to look into the problem (a favorite tactic: his first move in almost any crisis is to appoint a task force or study commission), but it has yet to recommend any action...