Word: recruits
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...small group of liberals concluded that "Dubuque has the image of a closed, intolerant, and even racist community." They set up the Task Force for Constructive Integration, hammered out a nine-page plan for a sweeping re- education of the citizenry and asked the city to recruit 100 minority families by 1995. Though the plan has yet to be officially enacted, the city council endorsed it by a 6-to-1 vote last May. Dubuque hasn't been the same since. "The plan is perceived by blue-collar workers as a personal threat to their jobs," says Bob Wahlert, president...
Although one poll found that 85% of residents support the concept of increased diversity, more than 2,000 have signed a petition opposing the proposal to recruit minorities. "The vast majority of residents are not wild- eyed, foaming-at-the-mouth racists," says Michael Pratt, a supporter of the plan. "But people have got the idea that tax money will be spent to bring in welfare families and dump them in the middle of Dubuque." Pratt lost his city council seat in last month's election...
Walkowitz says the newspaper has tried to recruit minorities in the past. "I don't know how effective that is," she says...
...least important of his ideas was to recruit a cadet classmate named Mitsuo Fuchida, who could train all of Yamamoto's pilots and lead them into battle. Fuchida, grandson of a famous samurai, was born in 1902, a Year of the Tiger ("Tora! Tora!"), so he was 39 when summoned to his mission. An ardent admirer of Hitler, he had grown a toothbrush mustache...
This year, Carril returns four out of the five starters from last year's team. The only player missing is center Kit Mueller, 1990-91 Ivy Player of the Year. He will be missed, but freshman recruit Rick Hielschler can fill the void...