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...triumph has been tempered by the fact that those same cities are often plagued by crime, drugs and deteriorating schools. Black mayors have had much success in fostering the growth of a black middle class, dispensing thousands of city jobs and using minority set-aside programs to direct a portion of city contracts toward black-owned businesses. Unfortunately, they have fared no better than their white counterparts in solving the intractable problems of the growing black underclass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hope, Not Fear | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

Reality: This one contains two outright fabrications. The Suzanne Vega concert was so poorly attended that the council lost money hand over fist, had to take out a loan from BayBanks to cover their costs, and attempted to renege on their agreement with Vega to donate a portion of the concert's proceeds to AIDS research...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Lies, Damned Lies, Council Ads | 9/21/1989 | See Source »

...macroeconomics portion of the class in thespring will include less math and more currentevents topics...

Author: By Robert J. Weiner, | Title: Language of Business | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

...macroeconomics portion of the class in thespring will include less math and more currentevents topics...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Of Beers, Bond and Brackets: The New Harvard Curriculum | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

...macroeconomics portion of the class in thespring will include less math and more currentevents topics...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Re-evaluating History | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

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