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...opponent, conservative Republican James Abdnor, 57, a bachelor wheat farmer and popular four-term Congressman, maintains that McGovern has lost touch with South Dakotans. Says Abdnor: "I'm the first working farmer off a tractor that South Dakota ever sent to Washington. I represent the mainstream." Abdnor favors Government price supports for farm products and a stronger national defense, but less Government spending on social welfare programs-all popular stands in the state, where nearly 25% of the 689,000 people live on farms...
...views of the four Israelis at the Sofia meeting have practically nothing to do with mainstream Israeli thinking. Many members of Prime Minister Menachem Begin's ruling Likud coalition were furious over the meeting, and one member, Deputy Minister Yoram Aridor, charged that a "grave felony" had taken place. Said one Israeli official: "When a Communist Party member who is loyal to Moscow meets with Arafat, it has no significance except for its public relations value to Arafat...
...When mainstream politicians seek endorsements, they usually ask famous people. When the U.N. Two look for friends, they are less selective. "Here is a statement from a socialist doctor in Boston," the leader announces, and the physician stands up to deliver a short, snappy round of revolution-talk. Other supporters include "2 Lawyers and 2 Employees from an attorney's office in Heidelberg, West Germany," and "30 inmates at the Cincinnati Workhouse." Well supported, Yip answers a few questions, explaining that his was an attempt to "expose imperialist war preparations." The paint, he adds, was waterbased...
...long bruised ethnic pride, the children sing Mexican songs and do Mexican dances. "Children need to know that not everyone came over on the Mayflower," says State Senator Carlos Truan. Bilingual ed students also take tests every year in English skills to see if they can be "exited" into mainstream classes. Critics point out that unlike earlier waves of U.S. immigrants from Europe, Mexican Americans in Texas move back and forth over the border to their former homeland and so are unlikely to be fully assimilated. As to learning English, Bilingual Teacher Faye Brown of Houston notes that children learn...
...Armstrong, he persuaded his father-in-law to break the news to his wife of 20 years. He never saw her again. He was touchy all his life about his Jewish origins. He blamed anti-Semitism on the Jews who would not blend quietly and inconspicuously into the Protestant mainstream. He wrote nothing about the Nazi death camps...