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...government bashing. Partly to compensate, the citizens in 1966 elected the first Republican Governor since Reconstruction, Winthrop Rockefeller, in 1966. Rockefeller, who served four years, instituted a number of reforms, largely with the help of a Federal Government still solvent at the time and intent on building a Great Society...
...even older voters are increasingly militant on the pro-choice side. Though Molinari's father, who held her House seat for 10 years, was pro-life, like a few other Republicans, she plans to vote for the Freedom of Choice Act, which would restore by legislative means the full intent of Roe v. Wade. It will not become law this year because its proponents cannot get the two-thirds majority needed to override Bush's veto. But the fight over it will keep abortion in the headlines...
...these people had the intent, critically attentive gaze of opera buffs checking out a diva's pitch. "Was that spurt realistic enough?" they seemed to be mentally debating. Was that a clean whack that took off the arm of the papier mache fan? Periodically they moved their heads in a sort of approving nod: good spurt, good whack...
...highest levels of the national media talent and ambition such as Sheery's are almost the norm. In a tremendously competitive business, ethical responsibility and even editorial supervision can too easily fall by the wayside while a reporter is intent on the big, prizewinning story. Wetlaufer describes this flaw, this loss of persepective and judgment that sometimes occurs in journalism, precisely...
...acquiesced and moved into the corner room, bewildered by this woman and her racket-wielding son who were intent on establishing our room's physical and social organization...