Word: kenneth
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...apostate members like Kenneth W. Jenkins would welcome any attention to their position that the N.A.A.C.P. should concentrate on schools in black neighborhoods. Jenkins was formally removed from the presidency of the Yonkers, N.Y., branch by the national N.A.A.C.P.'s directors last year because he had proclaimed that "busing may have outlived its usefulness." In Yonkers segregated schools have been eliminated. But that outcome came years into litigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and the N.A.A.C.P., which has cost the city about $37 million in legal expenses. And today black and Hispanic students still test two grade levels below...
...well-kept, bustling playground before Jefferson Elementary School was closed a few years back. The city stopped maintaining the park, and it became a jungle of trees and debris. "You could lay down in the weeds and nobody would ever have seen you, the grass was so high," says Kenneth Hairston, 38, who lives next to the park. "It's a shame somebody had to die there before the city thought about cleaning...
Seventy-millimeter means big screen. Very big screen. It's a wave of nostalgia for those who lived through the '50s and '60s; a new experience for those accustomed to the economy-size compartments of mall movie theaters. And what films! They've already played "Lawrence of Arabia" and Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet." Still to come are "My Fair Lady" and "The Last Emperor...
...staff structure would eliminate the position of executive agent, which has been vacant since the departure earlier this year of Kenneth G. Smith, the first and only person to fill this position. A compromise agreement last summer between the College and PBHA established the position and created the board of trustees--consisting of PBHA supporters, students and College representatives--as PBHA's governing body...
...recent interviews with Arkansas state troopers and 12 to 15 women, including Paula Jones, investigators swerved from their usual hunt for business-related information to unearth details on Clinton's sex acts and any illicit rendezvous with other women, The Washington Post reported. Attorneys working with independent counsel Kenneth Starr argue that the interviews were necessary to establish whether President Clinton had confided details of his business investment to anyone. Maybe next they'll be hunting down people Clinton went to camp with in the fourth grade...