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Back in 1981, the executive director of the NAACP, Benjamin Hooks, warned Blacks to brace themselves for hard times similar to those faced during Reconstruction, saying that Reagan "could end up putting Black folks in a worse position than if a racist were in the White House." This has turned out to be true, but the damage shouldn't be irrevocable. The reversal of Reagan's veto indicates that his wholesale neglect of minority concerns is no longer acceptable to this country...
...ambulance took the victim, wearing a neck brace, to a local hospital for observation, said the Cambridge woman...
Even Bugs Bunny has to hop aside when Brer Rabbit comes by. The big-eared varmint has been a folk hero since early slave days, and his sly outwitting of bullies and bosses is history disguised in fur and interpreted by the victims. Jump Again! (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; $14.95) demonstrates that a classic offers something fresh to each generation. This time it is Van Dyke Parks' riotous retelling and Barry Moser's elegant watercolors. Beneath the new surface, of course, the hero is instantly familiar, once again outmaneuvering Brer Fox, Weasel and Bear, winning the paw of Miss Molly...
...borrowing. Few economists expect another Great Depression, but a recession is more likely now. -- In an exclusive interview, Treasury Secretary James Baker gives the Administration' s view of the tumult. -- One way or another, everyone is in the market, and anyone can lose. -- Wall Street' s investment houses brace for hard times. -- Some prescient and lucky investors survive the crash in fine shape. -- Six ways to curb America' s budget and trade deficits. -- 1929: the way it was the last time...
When he returned to Annapolis in the fall, limping in his stiff knee brace, North felt he had no time to lose. He pushed himself to the limit, studying ferociously. There was no such thing as free time; he spent school vacations getting his paratrooper's wings and learning military survival tactics...