Word: jessee
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Jesse Jackson's claim that Vanessa Williams did for the Miss America Pageant what Jackie Robinson did for the Brooklyn Dodgers is absurd [Oct. 3]. Williams lives in a society that has legally abolished racial segregation. That was not the case when Robinson broke baseball's "color barrier...
The crowds still yell "Run, Jesse, run!" and he still acts as if that is precisely what he has in mind. But Jesse Jackson, who had planned to announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination last month, is finding that a run at the presidency cannot be fueled by ego...
Paradoxically, the candidate other than Glenn who worries the Mondale forces most is the one who is not yet formally in the race: Jesse Jackson, 42. The new Yankelovich survey put Jackson in fourth place with 5% of the vote. An August sounding by Atlanta's Darden Research Corp...
These are the main findings of a survey of American voters conducted for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Inc. * When Democrats and independents were asked whom they preferred for the nomination, 28% picked Mondale and 26% chose Glenn, essentially the same support that each enjoyed when the summer began. The...
Among Democrats alone, Mondale leads Glenn, 29% to 25%, but Glenn has a nine-point advantage among independents, who in some states can vote in either party's primaries. Mondale's greatest strength is in the Northeast, where he tops Glenn by 35% to 24%; he trails the...