Word: mississippi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seems almost foreordained. The new archbishop was one of the authors of the 1984 pastoral letter, an articulate participant in the Washington conference, and an organizer of the papal address to blacks. In his Washington speech last year, he reached back to his roots "as a young boy in Mississippi with the double -- I was going to say handicap, but I'll say blessing -- of being black and Catholic." His mother was from Biloxi, and his father, a baker, moved there from Puerto Rico. The young Marino grew up in a cultural and religious tradition derived from the early Catholic...
...Midwest Regional at Austin Texas, Lousiana Tech (28-2) meets Mississippi (24-6) while Texas (30-2) gives a Texas welcome to Stanford. In the West Regional at Long Beach California, Long Beach State (23-5) hosts Washington (25-5). Iowa (30-1), the tournaments favorites, takes on USC (22-7). The finals will be held at Tacoma, Washington...
...tailored campaign that garnered the support of Hispanics in South Texas and Frost Belt refugees in the condo canyons of South Florida did not transform Dukakis into a win-Dixie Democrat. Actually, the Massachusetts Governor left few footprints in the red clay of the traditional South; in Alabama and Mississippi, he won less than 10% of the vote. "Dukakis gained a half step on everyone else this week," said Democratic Pollster Peter Hart. "But he still has a lot of work to do. He has to get to working-class Democrats, and to do that he needs an economic message...
...perky volunteers gather to prepare for the Vice President's visit that afternoon. Scott Walker, 22, who has taken a semester off from the University of Central Florida, leads a group that will plant another 100 BUSH FOR PRESIDENT signs along Highway 90. The others head for the the Mississippi Coast Coliseum to inflate 1,000 red, white and blue helium balloons. They work in the men's bathroom, where the ceiling is low enough to allow the balloons to float within reach. Logistics are controlled by Washington: the balloons have been sent down to Biloxi by Federal Express...
...Biloxi. The Bush entourage is running an atypical 15 minutes late. The weather is oyster-gray, and the turnout at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum is only fair. Dozens of Bush signs provided by the campaign lie unused on the ground. Some campaign officials wanted to stage the rally indoors, but Lanny Griffith, the Southern coordinator, insisted on palm trees and the gulf as the appropriate TV backdrop. Bush has only an outline to speak from, and his off-the-cuff remarks are off the mark: "I know I have the commitment of the innate honesty and decency of the United...