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...interview last week, Stare called the report "a bunch of nonsense" and labeled Rosenthal a "loudmouthed, ultra-liberal consumer advocate politician who's looking for publicity." Stare defended his fund raising efforts, arguing that the department cannot depend solely on federal monies and that it has "never accepted one penny if there are any kinds of strings attached...
...other cities under desegregation to busing, but he neglected to ask the suburban refugees to itemize the reasons why they fled. Lee Valenti and others in Boston's neighborhoods spell out many more than one reason, and assert they have "wised up" to realize that they cannot even depend on the well-intending folks who have escaped--that those of them who cannot move out must take business into their owns hands and hopefully, someday, do it together...
...million farmers are generally conservative and Republican, Ford is now about as popular as an early frost among many of them. They and their families make up less than 5% of the U.S. voting-age population, but their views are often shared by millions of other voters who depend on the farmers economically, such as people employed by farm suppliers and food processors. Four years ago, farmers gave Richard Nixon 71% of their votes. But farmers usually vote for the incumbent party only when farm prices are high. Lately, prices have been running below 1975 levels as buyers anticipate bumper...
...France, is one of those overbearingly blithe sexual comedies that stirred the New Wave directors to rebellion. The movie confuses fecklessness with charm, trips so lightly that it never settles down to anything telling. Gallic comedies like Cousin, Cousine are animated by a certain earthbound volatility of spirit and depend on a willingness to believe that sensuality can come in an array of sizes and shades, all pastel...
...institutions such as pension funds, insurance companies, college endowments, even churches. Without even realizing it, millions of Americans rely on corporate strength for their own future security. The assurance of a retirement income, the soundness of an insurance policy, the availability of a college scholarship-all may well depend heavily on the continued profitability of U.S. corporations...