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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Eight years later, James Carville is James Carville, Zell Miller is retiring as Georgia Governor with an 80% approval rating, and the lottery is being hailed as the secret to the Democratic Party's astonishing rebirth in the South. Last week in Alabama and South Carolina, two states that had been trending hard toward the G.O.P., Democrats ousted sitting Republican Governors by single-mindedly pledging to follow Georgia into the scratch-and-win business. Political consultants predict the issue will dominate next year's legislative session in Tennessee and the Governor's race in North Carolina in the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Carville Trick | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

Lewis began his address by talking about his childhood as the son of sharecroppers in southeast Alabama, 50 miles outside of Montgomery...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rep. Lewis Recounts Civil Rights Movement | 11/10/1998 | See Source »

...marchers departed from the parking lot of achurch and proceeded across a bridge. At the otherside Alabama state troopers were waiting...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rep. Lewis Recounts Civil Rights Movement | 11/10/1998 | See Source »

Lower than Mercedes-Benz ever imagined. Alabama taxpayers essentially built and equipped a new plant for the company in the tiny town of Vance, a few miles east of Tuscaloosa. Mercedes received a package of incentives that totaled $253 million in value. For example, Alabama acquired and developed the plant site in Vance for $60 million. It used National Guard troops to clear the land and spent $77.5 million on utility improvements and roads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Welfare: States At War | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...sure, Mercedes is not responsible for all these deficiencies. Alabama traditionally has ranked near the bottom of the 50 states when it comes to education. But the presence of Mercedes has not added anything, except more students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Welfare: States At War | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

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