Word: colorations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DESCRIPTION: Percentage of men and of women favoring Michael Dukakis and George Bush for President; color illustrations of Dukakis and Bush balancing on bar graphs...
...million on clothes and accessories last year, a 17% increase over the year before. "Ten years ago, you saw cycling clothing as a pair of lumpy wool shorts and a wool jersey," says Steve Ready of the National Bicycle Dealers Association in Costa Mesa, Calif. "You could have any color you wanted, as long as it was black." Now, he says, the sport is more "visual." Bikes come in fashion colors -- lilac mist, rosebloom, aquamarine -- with bright jerseys to match. The Lycra shorts with a padded seat, once confined to serious cyclists, are standard equipment...
Nevertheless, the perception lingers that justice remains far from color- blind. "There is a view in this country that if you're poor and black or Hispanic or Native American, you won't get a fair deal," says James B. Eaglin, chairman of the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice. "And the basic contentions that there are biases at every level of the system are well founded...
...Supreme Court in 1973 and is an outspoken advocate of the need for more black judges. "No judge is infallible. They all bring to their jobs their predilections and their experiences," says Browne. "There can be no progress in the criminal-justice system without the contribution of men of color...
DESCRIPTION: Average sentences for blacks and for whites convicted of murder, rape, kidnaping, robbery, arson, drug trafficking and drug possession, as well as for all crimes; color illustration of black person and white person on scales...