Word: civilizations
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Growing up in segregated Birmingham, she recalls hardly knowing that white people existed. Then, in 1963, her friend Denise McNair was killed in the church bombing that helped ignite the civil rights movement. The family moved out of Alabama, eventually relocating to Denver. But living under Jim Crow instilled in Rice an astonishing resilience. "I came out of that not bitter but with a sense of entitlement," she says, "to do whatever I wanted to do, to be whoever I wanted...
When asked about his most passionate issue, Bill Bradley will likely answer "race." He's known to quote Toni Morrison and to tell of the day he saw Congress debate the 1964 Civil Rights Act. He says that he'll always ask his political appointees to pay close attention to diversity. He strongly embraces affirmative action...
Taiwan's earthquake toll has risen above 1,800, but the island has strict building codes to thank for the fact that it wasn't considerably higher. As rescuers Wednesday struggled to reach some 3,000 people estimated to be trapped under the rubble and quake specialists and civil engineers from around the world rushed to Taiwan to study the latest disaster, early word was that it could have been a lot worse. Despite the strength of the tremor ? 7.6 on the Richter scale compared with 7.4 for the recent Turkish disaster ? the destruction was limited by the enforcement...
Finally, Bill Clinton got the headline he has been dreaming of for years: "Justice Department Sues Big Tobacco." Claiming that tobacco companies conspired to conceal the risks of cigarette smoking from the public and thus engaged in consumer fraud, federal lawyers will invoke the federal civil racketeering statute and ask for $25 billion to recoup taxpayer dollars spent to cover smoking-related health-care costs for veterans, military personnel, federal employees and the elderly through Medicare payments. Although under the law an award could be triple that if the feds can get a jury to see things their way, even...
...months ago, the saga took another twist. In a move that startled Kenyans, the President turned to Leakey for salvation. He named Leakey head of Kenya's civil service and secretary to the Cabinet, presenting him with a power base some insiders say is second only to the President's. "Leakey is recognized as a man of determination and integrity," Moi said in his announcement. "These are attributes which are greatly needed." Leakey, a white third-generation Kenyan, is given the job of overhauling Kenya's corrupt and inefficient public service and jump-starting the country's economy. Moi also...