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Much of the doubt is focused upon whether or not Kennedy was drunk at the time of the accident. The TIME-Har-ris poll showed that only 38% believe the Senator's claim that he "was not driving under the influence of alcohol"; 32% think that he was indeed affected by liquor, with 30% "not sure." By 51% to 31%, a majority agrees that "there still has been no adequate explanation of what he was doing at the party or with the girl who was killed...
...breach in American so ciety since the Civil War. The hard fact is that this will demand sacrifices by all white Americans, including the lower middle class. But no permanent domestic accord can be reached if the white lower middle class remains per suaded that it is being called upon for more than its fair share of those sacrifices. The Kerner commission cited "white racism" as the principal cause of racial violence. Up to a point, the charge is just, and the white lower middle class carries its share of bigotry - a moral sin against blacks that will have...
...still far too rare to set a pattern; if anything, the cur rent trend indicates a discouraging deterioration. But the scattered alliances formed thus far suggest exciting possibilities - and a clear challenge for unions, corporations and politicians at every level to work toward an atmosphere of tolerance based upon rational self-interest...
...battle, four villains ?and one horse?lie punctured and defunct upon the ground. "Dammit, Bo," says Cogburn to his mount as he lies pinned beneath it. "First time ya ever gave me reason to curse...
Fundamentalist Character In Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, Richard Hofstadter once defined the fundamentalist mind as "essentially Manichean; it looks upon the world as an arena for conflict between absolute good and absolute evil, and accordingly it scorns compromises (who would compromise with Satan?) and can tolerate no ambiguities." Wayne's fundamentalist character was not against the American grain...