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...Sovereignty" was just a $2 word for state-sponsored racism. From the day the commission was spawned by the state legislature in 1956 until its defunding in 1973, its secrecy-cloaked, taxpayer-financed job was to maintain segregation at all costs. Last week, after a 21-year legal battle forced open commission records, Mississippians got a fuller picture of just how high those costs rose...
...banks have little interest in competing on price for the basic services that many households prize. Consumers had to pay an average of 15% more a year, or a difference of $27.95, to maintain a regular checking account at a large bank instead of a small one, according to the U.S. Public Interest Group. The gap grew to 100%, or $110, when large banks were compared with credit unions. At the NationsBank branch in Woodstock, Ga., a personal checking account costs $10 a month without a minimum balance, while a similar account at the locally owned Bank of Canton costs...
...Yeltsin may have a problem -- he has little physical or mental stamina, and his announcement today was the longest he?d been seen in public for weeks. If he?s unable to find the energy to maintain his tight control, this could be his last hurrah...
...HUNT Vernon Jordan admitted long ago that he had helped Lewinsky find a private-sector job; the issue is why, and at whose behest? The stories, as told so far, are consistent. Currie made the approach to Jordan, which allows Clinton to maintain that he was passive in the job hunt and yet invited Jordan to work aggressively on her behalf. Starr is certain to press Currie this week on who instigated the effort and when...
Little more than a decade ago, the Supreme Court had said nothing yet about sexual harassment, and a court stuffed with Ronald Reagan's and George Bush's appointees might have been expected to maintain the silence. But since 1986, the court has ruled three times on the issue, and every time, feminists have rejoiced. Last week that happy chorus was joined by men and women alike who feel harassers and their victims aren't always members of the opposite...