Word: focusing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long dominant coalition of white industrialists and black business and professional leaders is fractured. Though a Negro, Attorney Maynard Jackson, was elected vice mayor on Oct. 7, this week's run-off election does not focus on race. It pits a handsome Democratic liberal, the outgoing vice mayor, Sam Massell, 42, against a personable moderate Republican, Rodney Cook, 45, who is both a city alderman and a state legislator. Blacks are expected to vote heavily for Massell, while Atlanta's white business community supports Cook...
...committed to saving the environment." Adds E.D.F.'s Victor Yannacone: "Every piece of enlightened social legislation that has come down in the past 50 or 60 years has been preceded by a history of litigation. It is the highest use of the courtroom-even when we lose-to focus public attention and disseminate information about intolerable conditions...
...clues to trickle out to the public, it seems that they would have confirmed, instead of denying, the recent rumors. But until they explain such goodies as "I buried Paul," black carnations, and hands behind Paul's head, a small portion of the world's confusion will continue to focus on what has been going on in their minds...
...Another focus of the center will be the racial and class consequences of "tracking," grouping students early in their education. A pamphlet put out by the Center states that "there is some preliminary evidence that tracking, ability grouping, and even grading are strongly related to differences in race and social class." The legal implications of this are under consideration, Kirp said...
...flaw seems built in to the Band itself. Back-up musicians are not supposed to be brilliant instrumentalists; they provide a setting against which the featured artist performs. And while the Band is made up of very competent musicians who work well with each other, the end result lacks focus. While the sound is very fine, it simply does not repay close listening...