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...riot the black population declined by about one-third. Newspapers at the time are filled with reports of blacks walking along the railroad tracks headed out of town, never to return. The most poignant photograph of the riot shows the burned shell of the Dreamland Threatre, its marquee fallen. Such was the trajectory of Tulsa’s black community...
...majority of U.S. families, who kept up their spending by borrowing and relying on two incomes. Only the wealthiest 20% of Americans significantly increased their real income during the Reagan era, and the poor slipped further behind. After adjustment for inflation, the national standard of living has actually fallen since 1973; the real average hourly pay for U.S. workers has gone from $8.55 then to $7.54 today. Says Barry Bosworth, an economist at the Brookings Institution: ''Americans are not becoming pessimistic. They are becoming realistic. It is right to think of cutting back...
...already spent seven years as an apprentice on Savile Row - and he was still only 23 years old. His first collections were designed more to attract attention than anything else. They did. With names like "The Birds" and "Highland Rape" it was hard not to. The showmanship would have fallen flat, if not for McQueen's extraordinary talent. "The collection itself had more ideas than all the other runways in London combined," said a critic after McQueen's spring 1996 show. Isabella Blow famously bought his entire first collection. McQueen's most recent show - "What a Merry-Go-Round...
...rare for an officer involved in an accident at sea. But with feelings running high in Japan, Waddle is fearful he could be "sacrificed" to maintain good relations with the U.S.'s most important military ally in the Pacific. "He did his level best," said Gittins. "He may have fallen short on that day, but it wasn't criminal." Waddle's private hell is still far from over...
CHARGING AHEAD With $670 billion in credit-card debt, Americans will get some relief in next month's statement. Banks and card companies followed the Fed last week in dropping interest rates for the third time this year. The prime rate for lenders has fallen from 9.5% to 8% since January, saving the average household $60 a year, says CardWeb.com The windfall will reach cardholders with variable rates in May. Those with fixed rates could get a break come summer. --By Julie Rawe...