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Reed's present group suffered from such a severe loss of identity that even when it was their turn to shine, they were unable to burst forth into the foreground. In this way, they lingered on as a talented, but faceless, back-up band...
...Marvin Gaye Show. This is Marvin Gaye's first tour in more than three years. This time he's added a show consisting of a sizeable back-up band, chorus, and an MC who goes by the name of Gorgeous George. Reliable sources tell me he's got to be seen to be believed. The live performance is representative of his album release, so unless you want to witness a living legend, it might be wiser to pick up the album. The concert's this Friday, October 11, 8:30 p.m. at the Boston Garden. Tickets...
...corporation is currently lying on President Nixon's desk. If he signs it--as he almost surely will--the cutting edge of legal services for the poor will lose much of its bite. Funds for both the Harvard and Consumer Law centers, as well as for the 16 other back-up bodies, will end in the fall. But the centers, struggling for years against the entrenched abuses of American society, are accustomed to adversity, and, if they can help it, they will not die without a struggle...
Hesse does not agree with critics who accuse the back-up centers of fomenting social unrest. "All our litigation is achieving is due process of law. It's something so primitive I'm embarrassed to talk about it in a civilized society." For instance, he says, an auto dealer can repossess a car on which he claims there is a default of payments without even notifying the owner. "All we're asking is that the consumer be given a chance to make his case," he explains...
Legal aid for the poor has become an accepted concept in American society, but without the proper back-up resources, it can only serve as a thin cushion insulating a large class of citizens from the shocks of poverty. With the limiting of the poor's access to the courts, perhaps social change will take place in the nation's streets...