Word: deltas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slave ship to the championship! From the guttermost to the uppermost! From the outhouse to the courthouse! From the statehouse to the White House!" The well-dressed congregation of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles erupts with the same chant that has resounded in the Delta country of Mississippi, in Chicago, in Atlanta. It is a rising cry that the self-styled country preacher seems less and less likely to resist. Run, Jesse, run! Run, Jesse...
...registered since May, increasing black registration by about 11%. Aiding the effort were Georgia State Senator Julian Bond, Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and Martin Luther King III, son of the slain civil rights leader. And, of course, Jesse Jackson, who staged a three-day barnstorming car caravan through the Delta country to spark a record black turnout in the primaries...
...proud day for Nigerians, the second presidential election since the country returned to civilian rule in 1979. From the dense rain forests of the southern delta to the desert in the north, they turned out in record throngs by car, camel and canoe to vote at some 160,000 polling stations. Belying their reputation for volatility, Nigerians waited patiently in lines for up to eight hours to have their say in their country's government. By the end of the day, 25.4 million voters had placed their thumbprints in indelible purple ink beside the symbol...
...able to see them is on visiting days," said FAA Spokesman Jack Barker. Indeed, Cuba is uncompromisingly harsh on its airborne returnees, handing out sentences of up to 20 years for air piracy. "There are no air-conditioned cells with televisions in Cuban jails," said Jim Ewing, spokesman for Delta Air Lines, one of the hijacked carriers. "They're tough...
...airline representatives applauded the FAA'S redoubled efforts, but were skeptical that the pirates could ever be foiled entirely. "If they say they can stop hijackings," said Delta's Ewing, "let's hope they can. We're taking a wait-and-see attitude." Indeed, a preboarding body search and stroll through a metal detector failed to reveal Hijacker Cruz's knife. Said Jim Ashlock, spokesman for Eastern Air Lines, whose jets have been involved in three of the last eight Havana landings: "If we had better techniques for preventing hijackings, we'd be using...