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...sort of thinking that wins friends in the state that has taken the lead in tough sentencing laws and boasts the country's highest incarceration rate. "I don't think if you killed somebody you have the right to be back out in society," says Margot Blalock of the Baton Rouge-based Parents of Murdered Children. Whitley's response is neither indifferent nor apologetic. "I understand how families of victims feel. But I can't run my prison with all those negative feelings toward inmates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bringing Decency Into Hell: JOHN WHITLEY | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...fell out of contention, but the shot still meant $4,500 in lost pay. Twice, that same situation has cost Tom Kite tournament championships and a total of $59,800. Such scrupulous honesty is the rule in professional golf, though there are exceptions. Using her trusty antitrust iron, Jane Blalock once had to go to court to fight off a lynch mob of fellow competitors who wanted to ban Blalock for the way she marked her ball on the green. Bob Toski, her teaching pro at the time, prescribed professional help of a different kind. Publicly he wondered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Par Cut Off at the Knees | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

...What happened was unjust," said Selma Librarian Patricia Blalock. "Some people reacted badly. But I think you should give a town another chance. We've tried to change." To the Rev. Frederick Reese, a Selma black leader who had invited King to check out the city's denial of voting rights in the first place, the 20-year evolution has been "miserably slow." Now principal of the Eastside Junior High School, Reese pointed to two private white academies that have opened since the public schools began to integrate in 1965. "There is toleration," he said. "Toleration is a step forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selma's Painful Progress | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the shift to Carter turned into a rout. Said Postal Clerk Ray Blalock, 39, of Charlotte, N.C.: "If the election were today, most likely I'd vote for Carter, because I feel we need some continuity in foreign affairs in this crisis right now." Said David Hopkins, 36, a forklift operator in Auburn, N.Y.: "Carter seems to be getting a little more tough with the Soviets, more forceful and dynamic. I don't turn off the TV now when Carter is talking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: He Wasn't in Touch | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...court hearings last week, the L.P.G.A. said that spotters hidden in woods and stationed on television towers with binoculars had seen Miss Blalock improve her lies. Janie conceded that she may have done so "through carelessness or excitement," but contended that her suspension was an effort to "exterminate" her as the circuit's top money winner. Regardless of the lawsuit's outcome, it seemed clear that before the case was over, both sides would wish they had never teed off against each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Play It as It Lies | 6/26/1972 | See Source »

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