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...mayor of Decatur attends Oakhurst, as do some affluent white gays who have settled in the area. "When you come here, you are going to shake the hand of somebody you don't know and would not normally meet," says Stroupe. "We are proclaiming a different reality." This month, Stroupe is releasing a new book on ethnicity in America titled While We Run This Race: Countering the Power of Racism. But the real lesson of Oakhurst isn't on a page, it's in the spirit of the gospel music swelling out of the church every Sunday...
...Police do the dirty work of the legal system," he said. "They are the victims. They are the least powerful, least affluent, sometimes the least educated part of the legal system...
DIED. MORRIS BERNARD ZALE, 93, retailer; in Dallas. Born into poverty in Russia, Zale grew prosperous mass-marketing jewelry in America through his string of 1,200 Zale's stores, where credit lines and other come-ons sold luxury to the less affluent...
...PRIVATE: This is a variation on the Heritage Foundation idea, but one that would not allow younger and more affluent workers to abandon the system altogether. The basic concept: require workers to place part but not all of their Social Security contribution into a system of mandatory iras. The funds' managers, selected by the government for integrity and competence, would invest the money in corporate stocks and bonds. In most versions, workers would get to choose funds that pursued very conservative or more adventuresome investment strategies...
...their ambitions, Leeson and his wife Lisa never really seemed to fit into the affluent, neo-colonial life-style of Singapore-nor into the city's multiethnic society. Barings paid Leeson's dues for the Cricket Club, an old establishment institution for British expatriates in Singapore, but he rarely went there. The Leesons' three-bedroom apartment was part of a low-rise building on neatly manicured grounds in one of Singapore's fashionable neighborhoods, where Tamil and Malay workers come in every morning to mow the lawns, wash the cars and sweep the grounds. But the Leesons took their apartment...