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...Julian Bond certainly fits into this category. Elected in 1965 to the Georgia House of Representatives, Bond was initially booted from his seat by legislators who disliked his statements in opposition to the Vietnam war. He won two special elections held to fill his seat, but each time the legislature refused to let him enter. Until 1967, that is, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that the state legislature acted improperly in barring...
...national prominence Bond gained from the legislature's antics culminated in his nomination as a vice-presidential candidate at the 1968 Democratic convention. Bond withdrew his name from consideration because of age, however...
...none thereafter. It doesn't matter that I saw Elvis in person in 1957 but never again. It doesn't matter that I saw only the first four of his 33 movies and only the TV shows that he appeared on in the '50s. The bond that was established between Elvis and me so many years ago has never been broken. He is a part of my youth that I can never lose...
...policemen beat up a drunk Mexican and throw him into the river, it's a misdemeanor." Foreman is representing the family of Joe Campos Torres 23, whom police picked up in a barroom brawl, then beat senseless and tossed into the Buffalo Bayou. Police Chief B.G ("Pappy") Bond arrested one of the officers in the Torres murder but stoutly denies wrongdoing by his men in numerous other killings. Insists Dick DeGuerin, president of the local criminal-lawyers' association: "The mentality in this force is that we are the cops and the law and whatever we do is justified...
...that's what we're doing, right?" Among the eagle-eyed yachting fraternity that swarmed into historic Newport for the best-of-seven series, there was nearly unanimous agreement. Despite obvious progress since their last challenge three years ago with Southern Cross, Australian Real Estate Developer Alan Bond and his team have apparently not yet caught up with the Americans in the complex art of designing, outfitting and sailing the 12-meter thoroughbreds that now vie for the America's Cup. Former U.S. Cupper Bob Bavier, who skippered Constellation to victory in 1964, was so confident that...