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...Milliken v. Bradley decision laid the groundwork for today's desegregation conundrum. Had Boston's federal district court been able to embrace the school systems of such storied American communities as Concord and Lexington, there would have been more whites with whom to integrate and less criticism that Judge Arthur Garrity's order did little more than mix "poor blacks" with "poor whites." But it would be naive to imagine that most suburban whites would obediently put their children on the bus to the inner city. Suburban families might have thrown fewer rocks than did the working-class whites...
...cabin he built himself. But while he was there, he studied the classics and complicated literature; he conducted elaborate observations of classified plants, herbs and trees, completed many journals. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said of Thoreau, he knew the exact date when each plant within 30 miles of Concord would blossom. And he remained close to his family and friends. In the woods he became more adult...
...Young leaders like Gov. William F. Weld '66, Rep. Marty Meehan (D-Lowell) and Rep. Peter Blute (R-Shrewsbery) have all departed from the traditional style of local politics. Meehan, a true social liberal, distinguishes himself by his budgetary discipline. He was given a near perfect rating by The Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to balancing the federal budget...
...coal miner's daughter, the coal miner being John Salters of the tiny town of Mullens, West Virginia. Christy was a catcher in Little League and a good enough player on her high school basketball team to score 50 points in a half. She also played basketball at Concord College in nearby Athens, where she got her education degree in just three years. One night she accepted a dare to enter a local Toughwoman contest--"There's not that much to do in southern West Virginia," she says--and three Toughwoman titles later, she and her mom and their little...
...TIME/CNN Election Monitor, he's the G.O.P. candidate with the largest share of supporters, 31%, in the $20,000-to-$35,000 income range. The same group comprises just 21% of Dole's backers, 19% of Alexander's and 14% of Forbes'. Mario Abruzzini, 37, is a bricklayer in Concord, California, who likes Buchanan because he's concerned about immigration but also because he bares his fangs at the business elite. "People need to be aware of how some of these corporations are treating their employees," he says...