Word: mississippi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...understand why the Negroes of Watts rebelled 'Then shy do we need a devil theory to explain the rebellion of the South Vietnamese.' Can we understand the oppression in Mississippi, or the anguish that our Northern ghettoes makes epidemic? Then why can't we see that the proper human stuggle is not with communism or revolutionaries, but with the social desperation that drives good men to violence, both here and abroad?" Carl Oglesby, former president of SDS. March on Washington to End the War in Vietnam, November...
Even in areas of the country that were spared snow, ill winds brought destruction and death. Over the past two weeks, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi and Florida have been hit by at least 23 tornadoes. The toll: 26 dead, more than 300 injured and about $55 million in property damage. Governors of three states have already asked the Federal Government to declare the affected communities disaster areas. Farther north, the snows that blanketed the Midwest and Northeast claimed at least 40 lives. In Iowa, five people died in traffic accidents after a storm with 40-m.p.h. winds dropped...
Last week the Tribune Co. confirmed the bidders' judgment: it decided to keep the building and give the paper away. The prospective new owner is Joe L. Allbritton, 57, a compact (5 ft. 4 in.), Mississippi-born wheeler-dealer whose properties have included Texas banks, California mortuaries, British hotel stock, several TV and radio stations and, from 1974 until he sold it to Time Inc. in 1978, the Washington Star, which ceased publication in August...
...liars' bench" in front of the shoe-repair store. Old Joe guesses he has been in 100 quakes but never walks up to view the fault, fearing the fire alarm may scream while he is gone. His nonchalance is widely shared. "It is like living next to the Mississippi River," says a San Juan Bautista housewife...
...phone conversation long-distance to Colorado was the best half-hour course on philosophy I've ever had. Amie is the nicest person west of the Mississippi, and he said cars are toys are not to come between friends. My parents reacted with admirable restraint. Dad said he hoped I felt like the dumb shit...