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...government, Barry increased his base of supporters in the 1980s by expanding government jobs by the thousands and awarding contracts on a no-bid basis. By the time his third term ended with an arrest for cocaine possession, the city was barreling toward financial disaster. When Sharon Pratt Kelly took over in 1991, she inherited a $300 million deficit, and the city had a higher per-capita expenditure than any other American city--$9,516. She did little to improve the situation...
Former Washington, D.C. mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly will conduct a study group on "Preparing America's Cities for the 21st Century...
Other former Democratic leaders now serving as IOP Fellows include former U.S. Rep. Jill Long (D-Ind.) and former Washington D.C. Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly...
...asked for Cochran's legal assistance, and the lawyer agonized over taking the case. Cochran says what finally made up his mind was his sense of justice--a sense honed perhaps more on one particular loss than on all his dramatic victories. In 1972 Cochran's client, Elmer (``Geronimo'') Pratt, a Black Panther accused of murdering a white schoolteacher, was sent to prison for life; 23 years later, Cochran still maintains that Pratt was framed by the FBI, and is still fighting for his release. ``It taught me that you can work within the system and believe...
...firm is currently in the second stage of a three-part research feasibility study. The first phase, HSR 1, was started in 1989 to investigate the engines and emissions, and was headed by Pratt & Whitney...