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During the 1880s Anthony edited The Revolution, a newpaper she had helped found. Its motto was "Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less!" Weekly, The Revolution discussed woman's role as mother and wife, attacked the inequalities in marriage, promoted dress reform, and argued the case of the working people and civil rights. "It is for the teachers, seamstresses, and wage-earning women generally, rather than for the wives and daughters of the rich, that I labor," Anthony decared...
...Polaroid's revolutionary instant-color camera, and have cut deeply into the company's earnings. Unlike Wyman, McCune is not the sort to chafe at Land's tight grip. He has said in the past that he accepts Land's managerial motto: "You can do anything you want to-as long as you do what I want...
...ujamaa projects. There he recently received Britain's Foreign Secretary, James Callaghan, who promised a welcome $6 million in emergency aid. To conserve what meager foreign exchange is left, Nyerere has banned liquor and tobacco imports, restricted the importation of automobiles and announced plans for rationing gas. "Our motto must be: 'Produce or perish,' " he says grimly. Despite opposition from the World Bank and other foreign sources of financial aid, Nyerere has not cut back on one expensive pet project-moving the country's capital from Dar es Salaam to a more central location near Dodoma...
...Dergue's motto-"Ethiopia First"-has been transformed into a growing campaign against all things foreign, and the country's 35,000 foreign residents are noticeably uneasy. Newspaper editorials regularly attack alien imports and ideologies. Last week the state-owned television station was ordered to stop showing Bonanza reruns in favor of "enlightening documentaries" made in China. Foreign women are reluctant to go shopping alone for fear of being jostled, sworn at or spat upon. Beggars have grown more surly and muggings have increased, and certain areas of Addis Ababa have informally been placed off limits...
...recalls, "I didn't know anything about the death penalty. I didn't believe that they would give it to a black man for killing another black man." Fowler has maintained a certain fatalistic nonchalance through his 14-month confinement. He wears a cap with the motto "Death Before Dishonor," and refuses cigarettes because "Smoking is hazardous to my health...