Word: clevelandism
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...remove the pictures and after two years sold the house themselves to a black family. "You have your right to do what you want and live where you want to live," says Betty Crutcher, who is excited about an upcoming move to a more integrated neighborhood in Cleveland. Meanwhile, their present house, pictures and all, is on the market. "If we still continue to dwell on where we live and who we live next to," she says, "that's where we're going to remain...
...President's Men and Sophie's Choice, to life onscreen. For his new challenge, he and production designer George Jenkins scouted courthouses around the country. They finally chose Detroit for exterior shots, Newark for some early court scenes and, for the climactic trial, an elaborate set modeled on a Cleveland building and meticulously reproduced at the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens...
...heir Donald, the same unobtrusive style still prevails. And while Hearsts, Knights, Ridders, Chandlers and other media dynasts have mostly dropped out of day-to-day management of their inheritances, about two dozen Newhouses work at properties ranging from the Newark Star-Ledger (circ. 470,000) and the Cleveland Plain Dealer (circ. 437,000) to Video Jukebox, a pay-per-view cable- TV channel featuring music videos...
...Roemer, the decisive factor was Cleveland's badge. "The murder of a police officer in this state is a crime punishable by death," he said. "So on behalf of 780 state troopers, and thousands of police officers who put their lives on the line every day, the execution will proceed." That hard line brushed aside mitigating circumstances: Prejean was remorseful and semiretarded, with partial brain damage and a history of abuse as a child. He was also a black juvenile convicted by an all-white jury...
...school mentor is Governor of the state. No wonder Ronald Brown, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is leaning toward New York City as the site of the 1992 convention. The city has pledged to defray a larger amount of convention costs ($22 million) than its two rivals, Cleveland ($15 million) and New Orleans ($13 million), and its Democratic fund raisers have promised to help fill the coffers of the nominee. But Gotham's recent racial flare-ups have given pause even to some of the city's top Democrats. "Why do we need this?" asks one party...