Word: bradleys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bradley Feige, age 11½ months, is sitting on a glass table at U.C.L.A.'s Child Study Laboratory. "Come here, Bradley, come here," his mother coaxes from the other side of the table, about six feet away. At her end, the cloth material under the glass top suddenly drops away to create the illusion that Bradley may plunge several feet if he does what his mother asks. At eight months, and again at ten months, Bradley ignored the illusion of peril and crawled across the table. Now he refuses to budge past the illusionary end of the table...
...city mayors offer an intriguing contrast in styles, ranging from the consensus-building approach of Los Angeles' Tom Bradley to the confrontational politics of Gary's Hatcher. Their backgrounds are equally diverse. Washington practiced law and worked his way up in the Chicago political organization. Others, including Atlanta's Andrew Young and Washington's Marion Barry, came up through the civil rights movement of the 1960s. A pinstripe moderate as mayor, Barry was once a militant who favored colorful African dashikis and strident rhetoric about expelling the "honkies" from the city...
...Bradley, whose city is only 17% black, echoes that view. "You must build credibility with business and labor and city government. Black politicians will be successful when they can demonstrate that a black can serve the interests of all the people." Without such coalitions, the mayor can end up powerless. In his first week on the job, Harold Washington lost control of the Chicago city council to a group of rebellious white council members who proceeded to divvy up key committee chairmanships and leave the mayor's supporters out in the cold. Washington fought the councilmen in court...
...Bradley staged a furious rally was seven birdies during a course-record 66 yesterday to capture the $125,000 LPO Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Classic with a under-par 212 for the 54-hole event...
...paper notes the disadvantages of a black candidacy. It could draw support from viable liberal candidates sympathetic to blacks, intensify racial polarization among voters and even lead to an embarrassingly small show of strength. For these reasons, many black leaders, including Mayors Andrew Young of Atlanta and Tom Bradley of Los Angeles, oppose the idea. The election of Washington, many argue, worked to mitigate the need to challenge the Democratic Party power structure...