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...right now. Green had been a public servant, but his experience was marginally relevant--the public advocate is a gadfly's job, and Green was perfect for it. And he ran a smug, safe campaign that turned ugly. Anonymous, racially charged attacks on his primary opponent led to a bitter rift within the city's Democratic establishment, as black and Latino leaders sat on their hands to punish Green--who denied responsibility. The day before the general election, he unleashed a vile ad accusing Bloomberg of pressuring a woman to get an abortion. "Kill it! Kill it" the ad alleged...
This is the kind of holiday we need right now, an intrinsically complicated one that comes at the end of a bitter harvest and yet finds something sweet to celebrate. Everyone is a pilgrim now, stripped down to bare essentials and a single carry-on bag to sustain us in a strange new world. So no wonder people are making a special effort to get home this year, set the table, unfold the napkins, make the time for a messy conversation with the people who know us best. This is where we find out how we are really doing...
...jobs, as a shoeshine man in a Dallas hotel and as a limo driver, to support his daughter Kymber Lee, 11. A onetime blues musician who fathered seven children with various women, Daye says he was determined to play a role in his youngest daughter's life. After a bitter court fight, he won sole custody six years ago. "My wife said I didn't know anything about raising kids," he recalls. "But I learned a man could be just as good a single parent as a woman." He takes Kymber Lee to church and piano lessons and volunteers...
Glimp praised Pusey’s dedication to the job, even in the face of harsh criticism after his decision to involve police in the forced removal of students occupying University Hall. “He was never bitter,” he said. “He took a series of tongue lashings that would drive most men crazy, and it never showed up in conversation...
...Friday night football and homecoming games reign supreme, Houston is a city that remains seriously scarred by its former professional football team. Most Houstonians try not to call any team their own simply because they fear that cheering for the home team will only result in dashed hopes and bitter disappointment...