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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Flynn, and goons belonging to such organizations as the still-active South Boston Information Center turned the educational system upside down, and made it dangerous to be a Black living in Boston. Roxbury residents trying to reach the public Carson Beach in Southie were assaulted, and when Black activist Melvin H. King led a peaceful procession through the heart of Southie, locals threw rocks and bottles...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Racism and Boston | 5/16/1984 | See Source »

Help is on the way in the form of a new book, Power Lunching: How You Can Profit from More Effective Business Lunch Strategy. Written by E. Melvin Pinsel, 57, and Ligita Dienhart, 39, the book purports to instruct readers on effective business-dining strategy. In the spirit of "you are what you order," the authors divide food into two categories: power and wimp. The executive who wants to seal the deal should stick to power foods. These include London broil, bourbon and Brie cheese. Such foods are easy to eat and macho (the book applies the term to both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Lunches | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...order to evade Pickens, could pick up some $10 million by exercising options to buy Gulf shares. A clutch of other officers can look forward to the same type of windfall. They include: President Edward Walker, $8.8 million; Executive Vice President Harold Hammer, $6.4 million; Executive Vice President Melvin Hill, $4.6 million; and J.L. Huitt, president of Gulf Oil Exploration and Production Co., $2.9 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Many Winners, Few Losers | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

Thompson commented that he feels Jackson, like unsuccessful Boston mayoral candidate Melvin H. King, has a strong community base but has been attacked by the press...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students for Jackson | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

...polls have traditionally sought to discredit them. During the 1968 presidential campaign, when most polls showed Hubert H. Humphrey trailing Richard M. Nixon by a wide margin, Humphrey once called a press conference to change that the Gallup Poll the views of Blacks. More recently, Boston mayoral candidate Melvin H. King complained that he underperformed in polls that failed to include newly registered voters among those surveyed...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Stacking the Deck? | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

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