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...beatings, the stonings and the angry demonstrations that accompanied school desegregation all seem to be behind. Where there was hatred, there now is relief and a rising sense of vitality. The South Boston Marshalls, which once fought against school busing, now run afterschool athletic programs. Luxury apartments and a hotel may be built near the places where motorcycle cops once roared into angry crowds to separate blacks and whites. "I feel hopeful about the city," said Jerry Carey, a white social worker. "There is, overall, less paranoia, wider horizons...