Word: royko
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...main rival. 'The Sun-Times reported the story on its front page, beneath a guide to the paper's memorial section in honor of George Halas. The owner and former couch of the Bears had just died. In his column that day. Pulitzer Prize-winning Sun-Times writer Mike Royko said goodbye to "a classic Chicagoan." Others in Chicago undoubtedly said goodbye to the Sun-Times...
...LETTER" days of Chicago journalism ended years ago, when Royko's old paper, the financially crippled Chicago Daily News, folded. The Sun-Times has had its troubles recently as well; circulation has dropped. But Murdoch's fortune--his "News Corporation" reported assets in excess of $200 million in 1980--and his loyalty to the Post--which hasn't shown a profit in seven years--suggests that the Sun-Times will be around for a while even if the times get tougher...
...imperiled is Chicago's enduring sense of superiority over Los Angeles. Asserts Joseph Harmon, president of Chicago's convention and tourism bureau: "The bottom line is people know they can come here and still make a buck." Sniffed Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Mike Royko: "So, a buffalo chip is bigger than a diamond." But at least one Chicagoan has already adapted to reality. Three years ago Tricia Fox opened the Second City Day School. Now she has seven and calls them the Fox Day Schools. "I didn't want to change the name every time the city...
...that the selection of one of their cities would be taken by black Democrats as a significant gesture. When San Francisco won, not everyone took the news well. Snapped a petulant Young: "It is one of the most volatile cities in the country." Complained Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Mike Royko: "Do the Democrats want to be thought of as the party of quiche eaters and wine sippers...
...want ballots cast for him just because he is white. "I want neither money, help nor conversation from those people," he declared. "Tell them to get lost." Despite the specter of substantial white crossovers to Epton, Washington remains the clear favorite. Wrote Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Mike Royko after the upset: "Eeek, the next mayor of Chicago is going to be a black man. Let's all quiver and shake. Oh, come on. Let's all act like sensible, adult human beings."- By Susan Tifft. Reported by Christopher Ogden/Chlcago