Word: jessee
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Jesse Jackson wants a retrial
Pressure has mounted for years from black leaders who want a new trial for James Earl Ray, the petty gunman and thief serving a 99-year prison sentence for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. a decade ago. Last week, after meeting with Ray for four hours inside Tennessee...
DIED. Jesse Haines, 85, Hall of Fame pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals; in Dayton, Ohio. In 1920, after other major-league teams shunned him, Haines was signed up for the then considerable sum of $10,000 by Branch Rickey, manager of the Cardinals. Haines relied on his knuckle-ball...
> If we are to lift our-Jesse Jackson selves out of this morass, we must shift our sights from the superficial to the sacrificial.
One of the secrets of Jesse Jackson's success is his skill at coining catchy phrases. Some excerpts from Jackson at his quotable best: