Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...race by hammering him with attacks on his record and his personality are meant to be means of according him the highest honor of "respect." After all Gary Hart and Joe Biden were worthy of respect, so why should Jackson be cut out? He's been given a free ride, the experts contend, and that is a form of racism...
...could be that columnists may not know the facts when they say that Jackson has had a free ride because he is Black. But it is more likely that the cry for Jackson to be taken seriously really amounts to a gasp of exasperation that a man who has been so heavily scrutinized, who has been the subject of so much negative publicity, continues...
...nomination. And it's about time that the media, Democratic party officials, and the other candidates start taking Jackson, his record, and his views seriously. As Rep. Thomas Downey (D.-N.Y.) pointed out, there's a racial double standard protecting Jackson, who has so far been given a "free ride on some very controversial issues...
...threat allegedly was made by Lee Watkins, aMecham campaign fund-raiser and state official.Watkins was said to have warned that Donna Carlsonwould go on a "long boat ride" if she didn't keepquiet. Mecham denied any wrongdoing...
...short, densely populated routes, Amtrak is riding highest of all. More than half its business comes from the Northeast corridor, where trains have surpassed air travel as the most popular form of mass transit. Business travelers on the Bosnywash circuit appreciate the convenience, the wide seats, the reliability in foul weather, and the chance to get some work done. "When you ride a train," says Chicago Bank Executive William McClintic, "you can sit back, relax and avoid the hassles of traffic and airports...