Word: theys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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A Married Man coasts over this pothole in its plot because of its cushion of intelligence and moral fastidiousness. Author Read is best known in the U.S. as the author of Alive, a nonfiction account of how some Uruguayan survivors of a plane crash in the Andes resorted to cannibalism...
Though neither Mel, 64, nor his wife Norma, 56, was a college graduate (Mel worked as a clerk for Exxon, Norma as wife and mother), they began that day to pursue new careers-part-time at first, then full-time-as readers and harsh critics of textbooks. Says Norma: "I...
Their most frequent complaints: political bias, lack of patriotism and failure to provide students with firm moral guidance. The nine-room house the Gablers built in 1965 in Longview, Texas, is crammed with shelves of textbooks and copies of line-by-line listings of their objections and those lodged by...
Their power base is the state of Texas, where they have incorporated as Educational Research Analysts, a tax-exempt organization with a staff of six. Their detailed reviews of new textbooks under consideration by Texas schools, and Norma's motherly testimony before the State Textbook Committee have great impact...
"We're not censors," argues Mel, adding, "only people with authority can censor." The Gablers simply make their views available to school board members and concerned parents, Norma explains. "They could read the books themselves but for us to read them will save hundreds of hours of time. If...