Word: selma
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Once they were brothers in arms, but that was in another time and another place, back when Julian Bond and John Lewis were in Selma together for the march to Montgomery, back when they drove the rural roads of the South together, registering voters in towns like Waterproof, La., and Belzoni, Miss. Now, though their paths cross almost every day, the two men barely speak. It has been that way since they sat down for lunch last autumn at a Marriott Hotel in Atlanta. "Well, Mr. Senator, what are you going to do?" Lewis asked his friend, the state senator...
...virtuous vacation, refulgence not indulgence, is the new favorite of the fitness-minded. "Three or four years ago, I don't think I booked a spa except La Costa," notes Selma Weiner, owner of a travel agency in New York City. "Then suddenly it was Rancho La Puerta, Palm-Aire and Canyon Ranch." About 5 million people now sign up each year, says Edward Safdie, a spa developer. That is up phenomenally from 400,000 five years ago, and Safdie projects 30 million guests annually in five to ten years. To handle the growing popularity, spas are sprouting across...
Animosity toward blacks and a history of racial violence long ago earned Cicero, Ill. (pop. 62,000), a reputation as the "Selma of the North." In 1983 the Justice Department sued the Chicago suburb for housing and job discrimination, and last week Cicero's town board finally agreed to change its ways. Bowing to a consent decree, the town will adopt a fair-housing resolution and eliminate its rule against hiring only residents for municipal jobs. Few observers were impressed. Said the N.A.A.C.P.'s Mel Ford Jordan: "It is an action consistent with 1860, which for Cicero is progressive." Town...
...conduct a thorough review of its guidelines and procedures for outside funding. This review process should involve all those who take part in the Center's work and should culminate in a clear statement of policy. Lisa Anderson associate professor of government A. Tosun Aricanli assistant professor of economics Selma Botman research associate, CMES Mary Jo Del Vecchio Good lecturer on sociology Zachary Lockman assistant professor of history Afsaneh Najmabadi visiting lecturer on government Paula Sanders assistant professor of history
...DIED. Selma Diamond, 64, raspy-voiced comic actress and comedy writer who played the world-weary, chain-smoking bailiff on TV's Night Court; of lung cancer; in Los Angeles. Diamond was a top writer for Perry Como, Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and a playfully sardonic TV talk-show guest. Her films include It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), My Favorite Year (1982), Twilight Zone -- The Movie...