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...annual cash support to the local ballet, a 35-year-old outfit whose budget is under pressure. "Darden has been gold to us, absolute gold," gushes Sibille Pritchard, the Orlando Ballet's loquacious president, "when the climate for the arts is tough, very tough." Notes Darden spokesman Bob McAdam: "You can't give up on the arts. They're essential to the general welfare of the community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Businesses Are Still Giving To the Arts | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

First, to address the belief that an Obama or Clinton presidency in and of itself would not notably alter the nature or level of prejudice and its effects in America. In “Political Progress and the Development of Black Insurgency,” Douglas McAdam affirms descriptive representation is valuable in its contribution to the cognitive liberation—what Americans consider to be legitimate and acceptable within society’s institutions—of American society as a whole. A black man or a woman of any color, in the highest office, may help reform...

Author: By Landon S. Dickey and Erin A. May | Title: Clinton or Obama Presidency Would Chip Away at Prejudice | 5/5/2008 | See Source »

Bolduc makes a particularly egregious generalization in denying a relationship between political and economic success. As McAdam traces, black migration out of the South following the collapse of cotton tenancy placed large numbers of African-Americans in several northern states considered critical to winning presidential elections. As political elites began to recognize African-Americans’ growing reputation as a politically mobile and cohesive block of voters, Truman implemented the Fair Employment Commission in 1948. This helped raise the standard of living of African-Americans by challenging discrimination in the workplace...

Author: By Landon S. Dickey and Erin A. May | Title: Clinton or Obama Presidency Would Chip Away at Prejudice | 5/5/2008 | See Source »

...ESPN.com’s Sean McAdam pointed out in a recent column, even the newspapers would duke it out. Like in the good ole days of newspaper wars, the Tribune Company (owner of the Chicago Tribune) would battle The New York Times (owner of the Boston Globe) for the freshest stories and most exciting material...

Author: By Brenda Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Love It or Leeve It: A dream come true | 10/8/2003 | See Source »

...McAdam says Stanford “benefits enormously” from the nearby CASBS...

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Putting Radcliffe on the Map | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

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