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(Reed has also made overtures toward black churches, home to America's most committed social conservatives.
An editorial mocks the overtures white politicians make to minorities: Republicans are "dorky and patronizing;" Bradley is "schoolmarmy" and self-righteous; Gore is "cartoonish"; and none is serious about dismantling the racial and ethnic classifications that still plague American law.
Meanwhile, the Journal reports that Microsoft, which has been contributing heavily to the Republican Party since the anti-trust trial began, is making overtures to Democrats as well.
Among other things, the piece says that President Johnson (and President Kennedy before him) sounded out the Soviet Union on heading off China's nuclear capabilities, but the Soviet Union flatly ignored the overtures.
But now their children--my nieces and nephews--are beginning to make overtures to me ...