Word: revs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last American political hero, it is often said, was Robert F. Kennedy '48. Twenty years ago, seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, Kennedy ignited the spirits of the young, the poor and the downtrodden in American society. With his murder, a powerful voice for the disposessed was silenced. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, with his message of hope and inclusion, has become the newest American hero...
Founder of the Rainbow Coalition and a close personal friend of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, King grew up in the South End, the only racially integrated neighborhood in Boston. His political career, fueled by childhood memories of racial harmony, included a 10-year spell as a state representative--as well as his run for Congress and two campaigns for mayor of Boston...
Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Lloyd Bentsen and the Rev. Jesse Jackson yesterday accused Republican nominee George Bush's campaign of injecting racism into the presidential campaign by pounding Democrat Michael Dukakis over the Massachusetts prison furlough issue...
Pope John Paul II had just begun his address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg last week when Northern Ireland's hard-line Protestant leader the Rev. Ian Paisley stood up and unfurled a red placard that read POPE JOHN PAUL II ANTICHRIST. In case that was not clear enough, Paisley roared, "Antichrist! I renounce you and all your cults and creeds." The Pope gave a slight, bemused smile while members of the Parliament shouted Paisley down. A brief scuffle broke out as they dragged him from the chamber...
That is, anyone except Brawley's advisors, the Rev. Al Sharpton and lawyers Alton Maddox and C. Vernon Mason. Their grandstand tactics have brought the case national notoriety, are costing New York taxpayers more than $500,000 and have strained race relations in the state to the breaking point...