Word: mississippi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...races in Connecticut and California, a pair of the nation's leading political iconoclasts is trying to keep it that way. Two hard-fought House races show the struggle of minority candidates-one a Hispanic Republican, the other a black Democrat from Mississippi-to build the coalitions necessary for victory...
...gauge the possible effects of the early announcements. As it happened, many people in the Pacific time zone--including Corman's constituents--whose polls were still open decided not to vote, feeling their ballot was useless. This did not affect the presidential race, which was decided east of the Mississippi. But in smaller congressional, state, and local races--particularly Corman's--Democratic candidates lost votes when despairing Carter supporters chose not to cast their ballots...
...accumulation of such ironies, so meaningful to the native son, that makes this beautiful and tragic and bewitched state unique. It is no accident that Mississippi elicits such rage and passion and fidelity in its sons and daughters of both races, or that Northerners have always been obsessed with what takes place here, for Mississippi has always been the crucible of the national guilt. Much remains to be accomplished, although there is a tolerance of independent expression in Mississippi now that does its own deepest traditions proud. With the flourishing of that tolerance, the young whites and blacks...
Allison Brown, daughter of an old white Mississippi family, honor student, campus beauty and editor of the Meredith issue of the Ole Miss magazine, has written for her editorial: "We are of a generation in Mississippi who knows firsthand that blacks and whites can actually work together, grow up together, and share common experiences. Even at Ole Miss, where tradition hangs on until the very last thread, much progress has been made . . . Our generation can do something about it. We can work toward the inevitable changes that will make Ole Miss a better place for people of all races...
...Government has not paid farmers to keep fields fallow for several years, and the idea seems inherently repellent. But many farmers feel there is no ready alternative. "If I cut back and my neighbor cuts back," says Chappel Sides of Mississippi, "that won't do it. The Government has to come in and regulate supplies" by forcing farmers to produce less. Last week, by congressional mandate, Agriculture Secretary Block announced a new, paid set-aside program. If corn and wheat farmers retire 20% of their lands next year, the Government will pay them as much as $100 per unplanted...