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...woman had problems. Grades weren't given to her lightly in school, nor were promotions on the job. She had to pass examinations with flying colors or be left behind. She had to be overqualified for a job because otherwise she didn't stand a chance of getting it-and she was competing only with other blacks...
...driver's license? Columnist Art Buchwald, who at one time gave up driving, has not forgotten his tribulations at supermarkets in Washington: "They first stamp the back of the check with a little line for your height, weight, color of eyes, everything, walk across the store to okay it-and then refuse to accept it unless you produce a driver's license...
With one month to go in the longest presidential campaign in American history, the candidates are acting as if they are just getting started. They are putting on a burst of speed, going more places, giving more speeches, campaigning as if their lives depended on it-and indeed their political lives do. In these last critical weeks, Carter and Reagan are trying to reach the winning number of 270 electoral votes by zeroing in on the same glittering jackpot-the nation's eight most populous states, with a combined total of 228 electoral votes: California, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois...
...Nothing to it. If MasterCard cuts your air hose, the Government comes to the rescue with a Nansen Credit Card-a Cartercard, they're calling it-and you're back in the stores without missing a beat...
...obsession. It leads you somewhere. If you make an honest film, the audience will relate to the people who live and die in that film. Your obsession has nothing to do with it." More simply, he explains: "You make a movie with as much passion as you can bring to it-and people respond...