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...desegregation cases that would lead "directly or indirectly" to busing for the purpose of racial integration. His move has so far been blocked by a Senate filibuster by liberal Republican Lowell Weicker of Connecticut. Moreover, Helms' effort has been complicated by another rider proposed by Democratic Senator Bennett Johnston of Louisiana that would overturn existing busing orders as well. Meanwhile, Hatch plans to introduce a bill to limit the power of fedral courts-up to, but not including, the Supreme Court-to order busing. That would bring up a whole new issue for the New Right: whether to concentrate...
According to CARE Executive Director Philip Johnston, the program was inspired by a worried wave of calls, letters and donations from Polish Americans. When the organization first approached Polish authorities in early May about the possibility of sending food aid, says the CARE spokesman, "their reaction was remarkably favorable." The final agreement, signed in Warsaw in June, allows CARE to supervise distribution of the packages. They will be sent to the neediest groups: the elderly, young children, pregnant women and nursing mothers. The spectacle of capitalist charity aiding the victims of Communist economic shortcomings was heavy with political symbolism. Said...
Like all great extravaganzas, the royal wedding requires a producer (the Lord Chamberlain) and a director (Lieut. Colonel John F.D. Johnston, who recently received a knighthood for his organizational skills). It also, of course, has a supporting cast of thousands. Along with the home-grown aristocrats, there are all the invited guests: political (Nancy Reagan); monarchical (Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, the King and Queen of Sweden, the Duke and Duchess of Liechtenstein); social (Sabrina Guinness, Sir Hugh Casson); and sentimental (Flo Moore, who kept Charles' Cambridge rooms in order; Henry and Cora Sands, who provided Charles with some...
Feminists argue that the clever and strong women in folk and fairy tales are almost always hags, witches or deranged stepmothers. The heroines, says Author Ethel Johnston Phelps, "are good, obedient, meek, submissive to authority and naturally inferior to the heroes...
...serious problems with the Republican-controlled Senate. In fact, Russell Long, the ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee. told the President at a White House meeting, "You have the votes in the Senate to pass your tax bill." At that session, Long's Louisiana colleague, Democrat J. Bennett Johnston, urged inclusion in the package of a "trigger mechanism'' that would eliminate a proposed third year of tax cuts if deficits rose too high. But Reagan's attitude was 5-10-10 or fight. Said he, "Government spends all the taxes it gets. If we reduce taxes...