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...terms of delegates, Jackson does not figure to be much of a factor at the Democratic Convention. His influence will come from his proven ability to rally black voters. Jackson has already stated that he will support only a nominee who shares his opposition to runoff elections, dual registration and other measures that he feels undermine the Voting Rights Act and black political might. "Jesse is a power broker," says Ronnie Priest, 26, a black graduate student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. "Hopefully, he can make the Democratic Party pay up front, rather than take a promissory note...
...squalid shantytowns of wooden clapboard, sheet metal and clay adobe that ring the capital, barefoot children share the streets with squealing piglets, chickens and goats. Conditions in the bleak ten-story apartment houses in town are not much better: in front of one building, women and children draw runoff water from an enormous pothole in the street...
...private wells would be shut down, and a dike could then be built around the city, with a runoff canal leading directly to the sea. Finally, the plan calls for Bangkok's sagging water table to be refilled, a move that should stop the sinking process. City planners are pessimistic, however, because the final price tag could run to several times Bangkok's annual budget of $207 million...
With only two weeks left until Boston's October 11 preliminary mayoral election, a clearer picture has emerged of which two candidates will compete in the November 15 runoff...
...poll, analysts say, for the first time raises the possibility that Finnegan--long considered a shoo-in for the final--may finish third and fail to make the runoff. The former School Committee chairman and WBZ-radio talk show host has been hurt because many voters feel his campaign lacks substance...