Word: blackly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With shadows deepening, we pile into tour buses and drive to the Little League field, where Bradley again breaks the rules of presidential horn blowing. Eddie Evans, a black player from his childhood team, is by his side, but Bradley doesn't talk about the times the team traveled to play-off games and he fought to get Evans served in segregated restaurants and hotels. Instead he tells about getting picked off first base during a play-off in Ottumwa, Iowa. His team was eliminated, "and ever since then," he says with a smirk, "I've dreamed of going back...
...more reason, he says, for black alumni to connect with those who understand their unique concerns. And that support can strengthen ties to Harvard, as well...
...Some people are always fearful that a black alumni association will divide or keep people separate from the University, but I feel that it has the potential to do the opposite," McGruder says. "My strongest network from Harvard was the black students I knew there. Keeping in touch with them has gotten me back in touch with Harvard...
...they consider their future, AAAHA members say they will rely on not just Harvard connections, but the shared experience of being black and at Harvard...
...image of black lungs can?t quell your urge to smoke, perhaps the chance to nab a speedier ticket to heaven will do the trick. On Friday, the Vatican released an updated manual on indulgences, with several additions to the acts of faith that lessen a Catholic?s time spent in purgatory ?- the heavenly holding pen outside the pearly gates. The pope announced the church will now give "partial" indulgences to parishioners who quit smoking, even for a day. (A full indulgence is achieved when the self-restraint is accompanied by confession and communion.) The money that would have been...