Word: meres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many of the first black mayors, like Stokes and Hatcher, were charismatic veterans of the civil rights movement who became national spokesmen for the plight of the inner cities. For their constituencies, long denied access to political power, the mere election of one of their own to offices from which they had long been excluded was a reward in itself. "Early on, black voters' expectations were not necessarily tied to material gains," says William G. Boone, a political scientist at Atlanta's Morehouse College. "It was more of a psychological gain...
...diplomatic ballet, however, was a mere sideshow to the drama of the border crossings. When the order came from Budapest at midnight last Sunday, Hungarian border guards blocking the 600-yard crossing at Hegyeshalom to the Austrian town of Nickelsdorf smiled and began to wave the refugees through. Across they came, on foot and bicycles, in German Wartburgs and Czech Skodas. Some drivers paused to put black tape over the first D and the R on their DDR vehicle-identification stickers, leaving a single D for Deutschland. "What a Monday!" cried an Austrian radio newscaster. "Boris Becker wins...
...There are very few Augustus Whites in America which one could hold up to Black youngsters as a role model," said Maryland delegate John P. Rawlings, a prominent Black legislator. "His mere presence speaks a thousand words to people in general and to Blacks in particular...
...economy has not yet emerged from the crisis that led to record levels of inflation and forced Raul Alfonsin to hand over the presidency six months in advance, there are some encouraging signs. After all, the economy has clearly stabilized, with the latest figures show inflation falling to a mere 10 percent. For the month...
With home games against the three top teams in the Ivy League, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania and Princeton, the Crimson has the opportunity to parlay home-field advantage into an Ivy League title, but any talk of the 1989 season is mere speculation until a solid replacement for Katsias emerges...