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...against middle-class blacks has contributed indirectly to the desperate plight of the underclass. Once, he says, segregation forced middle-class, working- class and poor blacks to live together in "vertically integrated" communities with thriving churches, small businesses and schools. But desegregation laws allowed blacks with stable jobs to flee the ghettos in great numbers, knocking the props from local institutions. Those left behind formed an increasingly homogeneous underclass whose members suffered from the "concentration effects" of isolation from mainstream education, job and social networks...
...which had been mandated by the Supreme Court decision, on whether Texaco should be required to put up a bond for some $10 billion while continuing to appeal the 1985 Texas judgment. Protecting itself from such an appeals decision had been a vital factor in Texaco's decision to flee into bankruptcy. The Houston hearing was stayed after Texaco lawyers argued that the Chapter 11 filing triggered an automatic halt to other legal proceedings. Pennzoil officials said they might challenge the bankruptcy petition, but at week's end they had not done...
After serving in the merchant marine in WorldWar II, Kohlberg helped Jewish refugees flee fromFrance and enter Palestine illegally, Gutmannsaid...
...building by the police), and the Houdiniesque sneakings-in and whiskingsout of the South African Vice Consul through the secret catacombs of the Science Center, was not enough to secure his rights of free speech on this campus. He had to cut loose in mid-speech and flee like a petty thief. I hope the lesson is not lost on the Conservative Club and the Harvard Administration. The next time they are smitten with the urge to confer freedom of speech on Pretoria's spokesmen, they should: (a) not publicize the event, (b) restrict entry only to members...
...working for the CIA, and numerous new acquaintances of being informers for SAVAK, the Shah's secret police. She rashly hands over her passport to an Iranian woman who wants to break out of her arranged marriage to an older man, thus giving the young wife a chance to flee the country without her husband's knowledge or approval. Jeffrey writes from San Francisco, saying he has fallen in love with another woman and wants a divorce. When Chloe and a contingent of friends from the hospital pay a visit to the ancient city of Persepolis, they are treated...