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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make the city more heavenly may depend on his ability to heal some decidedly uncelestial bitterness sowed in his campaign's final days. Young, 49, a former Congressman and lieutenant of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., accused his opponent, white businessman and State Legislator Sidney Marcus, 53, of trying to "buy off" black leaders by hiring them in his campaign. When a Young supporter unfairly charged Marcus with having exploited poor blacks in a construction financing operation, Marcus exploded: "The politics of panic used by Mr. Young shows he is willing to destroy our city by manufacturing racial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black and White | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...ugliest storm of the campaign was triggered by Incumbent Maynard Jackson, Atlanta's first black mayor, who was barred from serving a third term. In a speech, Jackson, a Young supporter, referred to blacks backing Marcus as "shuffling and grinning...Negroes." The mayor accused them of "selling out" the civil rights movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black and White | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

Pitt down, Clemson down. Southern Cal takes the top spot. You talk Southern Cal, you're talking Marcus Allen. You talk Marcus Allen, you're talking the most overrated player in college football today. It's not that he's not good. It takes a quality back to gain 147 yards against Notre Dame, even if the Irish...

Author: By Howard N. Mead, | Title: Champs for a Day | 11/5/1981 | See Source »

...Preppy Handbook would be proud," George Marcus, professor of political science at Williams, said smiling. And indeed, L.L. Bean sweaters, Lacoste shirts and chinos were out a the river in full force...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff and Julian A. Treger, S | Title: Thousands Flock to 'Head' | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

...avant-garde of fashion, are fanatic followers of Kamali. Raquel Welch is having Kamali design her costumes for her upcoming picture The Swindle, and Disco Goddess Donna Summer wore Kamali on her last tour. Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross are regular customers in Kamali's Beverly Hills Neiman-Marcus boutique...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Hot-Selling Locker Room Look | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

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