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...N.A.A.C.P. in terms of life and death. In 1963 she watched helplessly as her first husband, the N.A.A.C.P.'s field secretary in Mississippi, was shot to death at their home in Jackson. For the next 30 years, Evers-Williams campaigned relentlessly to bring the accused murderer, white supremacist Byron de la Beckwith, to justice. He was convicted in 1994. ``Duty beckons me,'' she said, before the raucous N.A.A.C.P. meeting in New York City on Saturday. ``I am strong. Test me and you will...
...majority is required, the Republicans need 67 votes to pass it in the Senate. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the states. All but one of the 53 Senate Republicans support the amendment. Sen. Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.) is opposed. Others who remain undecided are Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Wendell Ford (D-Ky.) and John Breaux...
...Tuesday, count 64 votes so far, three short of the 67 that would send the measure to the states for ratification. The only senators whose votes are in doubt, according to vote counters on both sides of the issue, are Democrats Sam Nunn of Georgia, Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Wendell Ford of Kentucky and John Breaux of Louisiana...
...100th anniversary of the opening night of his comic masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. Wilde's pane joins those dedicated to Alexander Pope and Robert Herrick in the window, which was installed last year above the tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer and near the Poets' Corner memorials of Lord Byron and D.H. Lawrence. DRESDEN. In 1709 Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and elector of Saxony, built the ornate Taschenbergpalais as a residence for his favorite mistress. The Baroque palace, later occupied by the Wettin dynasty, was virtually destroyed by Allied bombing raids in 1945. Five decades later, the architectural...
...subalterns, especially the generals in the military. His base of support is so narrow that he may eventually find himself outfoxed by rivals with more experience and a stronger following. "We just don't believe Jiang is capable of commanding the necessary respect after Deng is gone," says Byron Weng, a political analyst at Hong Kong's Chinese University...