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...matters is the key to the new Southern politicians. They are not colorblind. Far from it?they especially court the black vote. Mississippi's Democratic Representative David Bowen, 43, is typical. Says he: "I make a special effort to reach out. I speak in black churches and to black civic groups. I've been to dozens of black clubs and gatherings. That's not a unique situation now. Anyone in Mississippi who wants to get elected does that. These are my constituents...
...Dallas Civic Opera, a kind of tumbleweed La Fenice, since the late 1950s has been the place where Americans first saw such stars as Joan Sutherland, Jon Vickers and Placido Domingo in opera. Vickers returns to help open the season Nov. 5 in the rarely heard Samson by Handel. The up-and-coming Greater Miami Opera Association does not hit its stride until the sun seekers' stampede from the Northeast begins, but in its emphasis on big names and traditional works, it sometimes outdoes Dallas. Miami will open with Cesare Siepi in Boris Godunov (Jan. 17). Later...
...grew up has made the difference in Al's life. With his reputation as the ally of the working people who live in his district, his good name as a loyal servant of the city at large, (buttressed by his visibility in and around City Hall and at every civic function where people watch to see who's there) Al has emerged as the friendly politician, the sort of guy you'd like to have dinner with at home, someone under whose thick political skin beats a warm human heart. Someone who's real...
...received sentences from mostly neighborhood courts. This show of laxness and reactionary unity in the city's neighborhoods, along with the angry words and deeds that it compounded, turned Boston into an object of fascination and irony as media and communities, both North and South, watched Boston sacrifice its civic-minded, Yankee reputation to racial hatred, or so it seemed, and over the practical answer of a mild-mannered judge to a 14-word mandate...
...received sentences from mostly neighborhood courts. This show of laxness and reactionary unity in the city's neighborhoods, along with the angry words and deeds that it compounded, turned Boston into an object of fascination and irony as media and communities, both North and South, watched Boston sacrifice its civic-minded, Yankee reputation to racial hatred, or so it seemed, and over the practical answer of a mild-mannered judge to a 14-word mandate...