Word: mississippi
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that long ago that the all-white powers that be in the South refused to penalize the murderers of Blacks or the KKK. The killers of Mississippi's NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers were never brought to justice. This time, however, justice was done. After Donald's murderers were sentenced to life imprisonment, a civil suit was brought against the UKA for inciting its members to kill him. Racial hatred was put on trial. It lost...
...Orleans, hit the bars on Bourbon St. (don't miss Pat O'Brien's famous Hurricane) at night, and during the day stroll the Mississippi River Walk, enjoy the street artists and performers, and sample Cafe du Monde's beignets, a type of fried donut. Also, be sure to stop at the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in the Quarter one evening. The music is some of the best anywhere, and the $1 admission fee can't be beat...
Rosovsky noted that besides finding a minorityor female member, some impetus had been gatheringto increase the geographical diversity of thebody. The Corporation currently has no Fellowsfrom states west of the Mississippi. One member isfrom Illinois, three are from the New York-areaand four are from the Boston-area...
...essential ingredient of any White House policy. All success starts with the man in the Oval Office. I can't take one iota of credit for the standing of Ronald Reagan in the polls. It all happened naturally." That is Speakes' genius. With the aw-shucks cunning of a Mississippi country editor, which he once was, he instantly understood that the modern appetite for news meant that anytime he stepped out into the anarchy of the White House briefing room he could be on the nation's screens; he could get more airtime than any other official, including the President...
...sacrosanct is the congressional seniority system that the late Carl Hayden, an Arizona Democrat, ruled the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee into his 90s. The current chairman, Mississippi's John Stennis, is 85. The oldest House member, Claude Pepper of Florida, 86, chairs the Rules Committee. "There's something wrong with a system that keeps you from the top job until you're in your 70s," muses Florida Democrat Charles Bennett, 76. "But nobody can come up with anything better...