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...assertion of greatness, a denial of disgrace. Watergate sat inconspicuously in the audience (H.R. Haldeman, Ron Ziegler, Rose Mary Woods, among others from the memorable cast), but only George Bush mentioned the subject in passing. A flock of white doves went blurring over the University of Southern California Trojan marching band. The other Presidents praised Nixon as statesman and peacemaker. What seemed like several billion red, white and blue balloons were cut loose and sailed away in the flawless blue...
...mining companies. In return for the companies' sponsorship, the committee has agreed to soft-pedal the environmental issue most important to the Pacific Northwest--resource extraction. In a final irony, Portland's Earth Day Fair will be held at the headquarters of PG&E, the owner of the nearby Trojan Nuclear Power Plant...
Back in 1981, Moscow bristled in near fury at Solidarity. A * "counterrevolution," snapped then Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov. "A Trojan horse of imperialism!" cried the official media. As the trade union's protests roiled Poland, Soviet troops massed threateningly along the countries' common border. Finally, when General Wojciech Jaruzelski crushed Solidarity with martial law, TASS said approvingly, "The authorities are taking necessary measures to restore tranquillity...
...approval from the 8,000 schools needed to make its $200 million investment pay off, Whittle still has not redressed his critics' biggest grievance. Says Peggy Charren, president of Action for Children's Television: "The whole thing is still being paid for by selling kids to advertisers. The Trojan horse now has a golden harness...
...advocates question controlled choice's effectiveness as a desegregation scheme. But when it became clear about two weeks ago that the new plan would pass the School Committee without Flynn promising new funds, these leaders shifted the focus of their attack. They called controlled choice a "farce" and a Trojan Horse for resegregation. Now they seem ready to sacrifice controlled choice itself for additional exposure of their concerns...