Word: raye
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...push that succeeded in 1983 in establishing a federal holiday in his honor, founded the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change and traveled the world in support of civil rights issues, including same-sex marriage. King was criticized for her efforts to secure a new trial for James Earl Ray, who was convicted of assassinating her husband. (She believed, as did some others, that Ray was probably innocent and King's murder was the work of several conspirators.) Her primary legacy, though, was in turning her husband's mission into her own, saying "Hate is too great a burden...
Before Mayor Ray Nagin made his now notorious comment about New Orleans as a "chocolate" city on Martin Luther King Day, the former businessman was in surprisingly good shape to win re-election in April. Despite repeated missteps since Hurricane Katrina hit five months ago, he still had backing from both whites and African Americans in the city, a splintered opposition and a tidy campaign treasure chest with over $1 million...
...Jeff Flake, a conservative and a Shadegg supporter, says, "It's a dynamic situation"--one made more unpredictable by the fact that the election will be by secret ballot. That means all those vote commitments may be meaningless, and anything could happen. "This is high drama," says Illinois Republican Ray LaHood. As if the G.O.P. hasn't already had enough of that...
...Surely God is mad at America." RAY NAGIN, mayor of New Orleans, suggesting that last year's string of devastating hurricanes in the U.S. was an expression of divine anger over the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Nagin later apologized...
...having already shipped, but Sony's competing game console may be worth the wait. Due out in May, the PS3 is supposed to have better graphics and will support up to seven wireless game pads (Xbox 360 allows four). PS3's best advantage: it will play high-definition Blu-ray DVDs. But at an expected retail price of $400 to $500, it won't come cheap. By Arlyn Tobias Gajilan...