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...yellow dog' Democratic district (where it's said that a yellow dog could win an election if he was listed on the Democratic ballot), Edwards says that his near-miss at age 26 shows that a young person can be elected to Congress-yet he still finds Untermeyer's viewpoint and discussion useful. "The speakers have shown that politics is not always the fund and games and glory everyone makes...
...film, axes slowly travel through the air. One is caught completely by surprise at the horror of it, the incongruous meeting of steel and flesh, the parting of bones. The camera is distressingly far away from the scene, forcing one to see it at an all-too-clear viewpoint, forcing one to see it all with horrifying objectivity. When the axe first sinks into the matron's shoulder, it suddenly comes together, the evil of the situation...
...unavoidably, compared to an artistic giant who towered above her in his achievement. Mochon, in her catalog accompanying the exhibition (worth the price), describes the role of the women in the Blaue Reiter circle as definitely secondary: in the discussion and planning sessions for an almanac to present the viewpoint of the group, the men "formulated and dictated the ideas for the almanac, and the women dutifully transcribed them...
...Hart hard for supporting the Panama Canal Treaties and for backing Jimmy Carter in 80% of his Senate votes. Says she: "He votes one way and talks another when he is back here. He is a liberal, McGovernite carpetbagger." Hart retorts that Buchanan's charges reflect her narrow viewpoint and insists that his campaign will rise above partisanship. Says he: "I will not ignore her. We will interact and debate, but I am going to run a campaign for the 1980s. What is her plan for the environment? For national defense? For the economy? It took me a year...
...Kennedy and actively opposed by Carter-the women added platform demands that candidates who are not in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment be denied party funds and that the Government pay for abortions for poor women. The result was to further tip the platform toward the feminist viewpoint. The platform already included planks demanding equal pay for women, improved child-care programs and support for boycotts of conventions in states that have not ratified...