Word: byronism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...poor selection of general managers--Jan Volk, Dave Gavitt, and M.L. Carr--led to a lack of organizational direction; the Celtics never fully committed to rebuilding. Had the Celtics traded Kevin McHale or Robert Parish--as the Lakers traded A.C. Green and released Byron Scott--for younger players on the upside of their careers, Boston's current situation would be different...
...racist entitled to as fair a trial as a pornographer? The good people of Mississippi--all right, the bad white people--gave Byron De La Beckwith every benefit of the doubt in his 1964 trials for the murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Two hung juries and a quarter- century later, a Jackson prosecutor (Alec Baldwin, who's good in a tough role) reopens the case, goaded by Evers' widow Myrlie (Whoopi Goldberg). He has a chance: this time the gabby, unrepentant Beckwith (James Woods) is facing a jury that is largely black...
...spoiled growing up in Massachusetts during the 1980's. Maybe my thinking is flawed. But I remember the days when players felt allegiance to their team. Larry, Kevin, D.J., Danny and the Chief were in the Celts starting lineup forever, or so it seemed. The same with Magic, Byron, Coop, Worthy and Kareem. Other teams like the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers had consistency in their lineups as well. It wasn't about the money, it was about winning. It may be a myth, but I remember a story of Larry Bird walking into contract...
...stars Laura Dern as a pro-choice icon who changes her mind. The I.R.A.? No problem: Some Mother's Son has flinty Helen Mirren playing the mother of a Belfast hunger striker. And American racism? Take your pick. Rob Reiner's Ghosts of Mississippi re-enacts the trial of Byron De La Beckwith, the murderer of Medgar Evers; John Singleton's Rosewood is about the attempt to dislodge an affluent black community...
...Army-Navy matchup in space territory, this former submarine commander hopes to surgically remove his first-term incumbent opponent. Byron stresses educational issues, especially supporting federal student-aid programs. A private-school graduate himself, Byron opposes efforts to spend public funds to send students to private schools...