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According to gay activist and Lavender Alliance member Arthur S. Lipkin '68, "the Elaine Noble candidacy is a clever if somewhat cynical ploy on the part of the independents to whittle away at the progressive majority...
...would a clever politician campaign to win under this system...
...talks about welfare, crime, drugs or affirmative action, he is talking about race. "I believe in equal rights for all, special privilege for none," says Duke. That seemingly laudable concept is a thinly veiled appeal to frustrated whites who feel they are victims of reverse discrimination. It is a clever ploy, and one whose attraction stretches far beyond the racist vote. A master at driving wedges through the electorate by exploiting race-linked issues, Duke is moving these once taboo topics from the back room to the public forum. As one wizened Cajun in Donaldsonville puts it, "He tell...
...came forward as a witness for the judge and described Hill as aloof and ambitious, she played a real-life version of Tess, the secretary pitted against a Wall Street shrew in the movie Working Girl. Peggy Noonan, a former speechwriter for George Bush, calls it a division "between clever people who talk loudly in restaurants and those who seat them." However they are described, the two groups are separated by privilege. "Both working-class women and highly educated women put up with sexual harassment every day," says Anne Reingold, media director for the Democratic Party. "But the perception among...
...clever moviegoer will realize very quickly that Cool As Ice some important movie attractions. Like a coherent plot. And dialogue. And acting. And sex. And humor...