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...road-building and other construction funds in their districts. Their actions were taken when whites expected blacks to win seats on the board. The court ruled that such changes do not violate the law because they have no "direct" impact on voting. Civil rights advocates fear that this narrow interpretation will make it harder for minorities to translate their electoral victories into governmental clout...
Snoozing at the mouth of a narrow valley, its air perfumed by nearby steel plants, its riverbank paved for a parking lot, its squat office buildings ringed by mounds of sooty snow, Albertville hardly seems destined for global fame. But raise your eyes above the small-town skyline: the Olympian glory of the French Alps explodes in a pastel sunset, sparkling through pine-serrated glaciers. After Sarajevo's Bosnian backwater and Calgary's urban stampede, the 16th Olympic Winter Games will be a soaring high-wire act: 57 events staged in 10 venues across seven valleys...
Bush's is the de Tocqueville presidency. The model is simple--get a bunch of rich, white, big-headed blowhards together, mostly lawyers, to run a country too complex for all those smelly voters. Not only does their silly bickering effectively shut out from Bush's narrow view the troubles and concerns of minorities and women. It's also a stupid, inefficient way to run a government...
...Webster case from Missouri, which only weakened Roe, is credited with giving Democrats Jim Florio and Douglas Wilder the edge in their narrow elections that fall...
...automaker has tried to build a car tailored for the Japanese market. That would require a steering wheel on the right, a shorter wheelbase to navigate the narrow streets of Japanese cities and greater fuel efficiency to offset higher Japanese gasoline prices. Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca declared last week that his company would redesign some of its models for the Japanese market and be ready to sell them later this year. Then there is the question of quality -- something the Japanese are usually too polite to mention in public. During last week's talks, Nissan president Yutaka Kume brushed aside...