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The drinks were pouring, the flesh was pressing and a "dream team" of brassy, bluesy, soul and salsa players out to affiliate San Antonio's Tejano bands with the American Federation of Musicians

The election of new AFL-CIO leaders more than three years ago ushered in an era of

glasnost.

Ron Carey looked like a tired stereotype: the disgraced labor boss on the witness stand, with dark bags beneath his eyes, denying accusations of wrongdoing in a made-in-Queens accent.

Staughton Lynd, although he would never admit it, is one of the visible
saints of the modern American left.