Word: atlanta
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mayors are no longer a novelty, and the high hopes that their arrival would usher in a new era of urban revival have long since faded. Hobbled by age, ill health and ! frustration, three of the longest-serving black mayors -- L.A.'s Tom Bradley, Detroit's Coleman Young and Atlanta's Maynard Jackson -- have declined to seek re-election. Several cities where black mayors once reigned -- Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles -- have reverted to white control, and New York City may be about to join them. But the big turnover at city hall cuts across racial and party lines. Even...
Laura Tyson, the top White House economist, was dispatched to Atlanta last Wednesday to drum up support for NAFTA among two groups of business leaders. Tyson's trip was designed, in part, to put pressure on Democratic Representative Buddy Darden and other members of the Georgia delegation who are still not sure how they will vote...
...Bois co-founded the National Association forthe Advancement of Colored People, and taught atWilberforce University, the University ofPennsylvania and Atlanta University. The U.S.government forced him to flee to Ghana at the ageof 93 because of his left-wing political views...
...Lemke again, this time scoring on a Jerry Willard sacrifice fly to even the series at two. Raspy old fart that Jack Buck is, I love him to death for this CBS play-by-play call: "[Crack] That's gonna be a winner for Atlanta! The runner tags at third...here's the throw from Mack. Here's Lemke!...He is ou..SAFE, SAFE, SAFE!" (Poor old Jack, muffing a huge call and yet making it sound strangely wonderful, like the Braves' season itself...
...Sakes Alive, 14-5!" read the sports section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after Game Five; the headline on page 1A screamed "One Win Away!" Lemke had two triples, and Lonnie Smith homered in his third consecutive game. We were that close to winning...