Word: button
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Hitler mustaches and other graffiti. After Film Director Werner Schroeter reportedly suggested that someone should feed Strauss a bomb disguised as a sausage, the city of Augsburg withdrew his commission to stage an opera there. In Regensburg and Munich, some factory workers have been fired for wearing anti-Strauss buttons. An 18-year-old schoolgirl in Regensburg was expelled for refusing to take off her "Stop Strauss" button. Meanwhile, pens emblazoned with Strauss's party emblem were handed out in another Bavarian school-without protest...
...have to convince voters that he is responsible enough to keep the country out of dangerous confrontations in the nuclear age. Carter will strive to make that job even more difficult. Carter Media Man Gerald Rafshoon is already creating television spots around what the Carter people bluntly call "the button problem." The working title of one such advertisement questioning Reagan's coolness under pressure is called "Places He Would Attack...
...Carter supporter and unofficial Kentucky delegate. So while the convention droned on, former Heavyweight Champion Muhammad All was working the floor-signing autographs and pressing flesh. "I don't know nothing about politics," said the Greatest, with uncharacteristic modesty. He did, however, sport an ERA YES button, as well as a natty new mustache. Asked if he were sparring for a career in office, Ali replied: "The only thing I'd ever run for is President...
Even more important to Bland than the Democratic wheeling and dealing is the future of the Black Community as a political force. He wears an orange button identifying him as a member of the United Urban Party ("We are the Balance of Power"). He explains: "It's a small group based here in New York which is committed to unifying the Black peoples into a singular, powerful voice to demand improvement in places like the South Bronx. We've heard all the promises. We need action." Her refuses to be more specific about the size or activity of his organization...
...Sister Kate-plans ten concerts on Anderson's behalf. With five down, the Taylors sought reassurance that their man would go all the way. "You're not going to crap out on us?" Livingston asked at a Boston meeting with the Congressman last May. "No," vowed the button-down, born-again Christian, "I will not crap...