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...Democratic blacks and white liberals took the unusual step of changing their party registration to vote in the Republican primary. So too did large numbers of blue-collar workers, who were attracted by Nelson's antibusing, antitax positions. In the end, as many as 30,000 non-Republicans voted hi the G.O.P. primary...
...Equality of Educational Opportunity, had served as the main academic proof of the values of desegregation. Yet here he was, questioning the usefulness of busing. Coleman, of course, was merely asking whether, in the long run, "forced busing might not defeat the purpose of increasing overall contact among races hi schools...
...intense that "various measures taken by Government can affect inflation and the dollar, but only very little. I'm afraid that inflation will increase, and eventually our monetary system will collapse and our social structure will change. I went through all this before-in Hungary, Austria and Germany hi the 1920s-and the trend is inevitable...
...elongation in Pluto's image. Checking back on photographs made in 1965 and 1970, Christy found similar stretching, always in a north-south direction relative to the earth. After further measurements, Christy and his colleague, Dr. Robert Harrington, concluded that what they were seeing was actually a moon hi a 19,300-km (12,000-mile-high) orbit around Pluto. The great distance from the earth had prevented astronomers from resolving the planet and its nearby moon into two separate specks of light...
...adventures hi the Congo altered the course of the writer's life and art. He returned to England disillusioned and physically racked by tropical sickness. In addition, the destructive effects of Belgian colonialism on tribal life made a lasting impression on the son of a Polish patriot who had been jailed and exiled for his activities against Russian imperialism. During an overland trek from Matadi to Kinshasa, the Diary notes, he "met an off[ic]er of the State inspecting; a few minutes afterwards saw at a camp-[in]g place the dead body of a Backongo...