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...Jackson was quick to insist that the issue was "not about black and white, it's about wrong and right," but his presence helped point up another angle to the Democratic challenge: complaints of what some black voters believed were subtle forms of racial intimidation, such as the police roadblock that was set up on voting day about a mile from a minority-neighborhood polling place in rural Wakulla County...
...Campaign finance reform is my favorite issue. If this former solicitor-in-chief can somehow convince me of his sincerity, that will go a long way. (Certainly there is no competition from Bush to be the president who gets McCain-Feingold through the McConnell roadblock.) Likewise the environment, where Gore's sincerity is unquestioned but his ability to effect real change is questionable. The corporation-bashing is a turn-off -this economy wouldn't have boomed much without big business - but then again, corporations are quite able to take care of themselves...
...Campaign finance reform is my favorite issue. If this former solicitor-in-chief can somehow convince me of his sincerity, that will go a long way. (Certainly there is no competition from Bush to be the president who gets McCain-Feingold through the McConnell roadblock.) Likewise the environment, where Gore's sincerity is unquestioned but his ability to effect real change is questionable. The corporation-bashing is a turn-off -this economy wouldn't have boomed much without big business - but then again, corporations are quite able to take care of themselves...
...using prepared answer codes for their exams. On the same day, Reverend Peter J. Gomes is named Minister of Memorial Church and Plummer Professor of Christian morals, and is the both the first black and first Baptist to hold the position. 24 - Thirty black residents set up a roadblock to prevent whites from entering Columbia Point in Boston, causing police to take over the Columbia Point People's Center and set up sharpshooters on nearby rooftops to quell the disturbances. The police action sparks demonstrations and protests in the area...
Sharp says that often the major roadblock to undertaking environmentally beneficial projects is the up-front costs which must be made several years in advance of the savings from these changes. The loan fund would attempt to eliminate this barrier...