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Although the Million Man March ostensibly addressed a crucial American issue--the dissolution of the the Black family--it was clear from the outset that the rally would be as much an opportunity for Louis Farrakhan to assert his will to power as it would be a forum for collective atonement...
President Clinton campaigned in 1992 promising to assert American leadership in the world's flailing efforts to stem the violence in Bosnia. For almost three years those words amounted to little more than empty gestures and broken promises...
...incident immediately made Carver a leading voice in the so-called county-supremacy movement now gaining momentum throughout the West. It also triggered a major federal lawsuit seeking to assert once and for all the government's ownership of federal lands in Nye County and, by legal inference, its possession of public lands that cover one-third of the nation's ground. The Justice Department estimates that at least 35 counties, primarily in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and California, have declared authority over federal lands within their boundaries. Other estimates put the number far higher. The National Federal Lands Conference...
...naturalize the denial of humanity by making irresponsible claims in an intellectual forum, to assert that blacks, Jews, gays or any group of less-powerful people simply "do not belong," is to join forces with a level of intellectual discourse made possible only by the exercise of unchecked power and unreflective cruelty. Speaking out in this context is a form of survival for anyone of conscience, not just "of color...
While takeover attempts and mergers have been rumored, most experts still assert that Apple's prospects for survival are good. Its core business, truly excellent software that makes computers easy to use, has hooked some 20 million die-hard customers. "There are times when you look at Apple and you see the Wang of the future: the once highflyer that became irrelevant to what's going on," says Coursey. But, he adds, "yes, the Mac still works better. Yes, it has a better operating system. And yes, Apple is headed in a good direction...