Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Alan Dixon didn't know it at the time, but his support of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas last fall would help derail his 42-year political career. Like many women around the country, Carol Moseley Braun was outraged at how the white, clubby, male-dominated Senate handled Anita Hill's sexual- harassment charges against Thomas. Braun decided to do something about it. Last week the 44-year-old Cook County recorder of deeds beat Dixon and lawyer Al Hofeld for the Democratic nomination...
Braun's low-budget, grass-roots movement benefited from Hofeld's slick $5 million campaign, which attacked Dixon as a backslapping political hack. While Hofeld and Dixon split the white male vote, Braun edged past them, with strong support from blacks and women providing the margin of victory. If she wins the general election against Republican Richard Williamson, 42, a former Reagan Administration official, Braun will become the first black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate...
...fees, whether for Disney alone or as part of a package with other pay services. In either case Disney reduces its own fee. The channel freely capitalizes on the promotional value of the Disney name by sending classic cartoon characters to malls, parades and ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Says Christopher Dixon, a media analyst for Paine Webber: "Disney has a very clear franchise, and they promote it extensively...
...other) that will be held on March 17. Much of the upcoming political terrain is made to order for Clinton, the lone Southerner in the race and the contender who appears most at ease courting black voters. Between March 3 and Super Tuesday, nine states below the Mason-Dixon Line will hold primaries...
...BELIEVE: EVANGELICALISM IN SOUTHERN URBAN CULTURE, the Valentine Museum, Richmond. An exploration of the roots and influences of Evangelicalism in politics, culture and mores south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Through Sept...