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...want the job. Attorney General Jay Nixon and former Senator Thomas Eagleton probably can't beat Ashcroft. The only Democrat with a shot at doing that would be Carnahan's widow Jean. But since she also lost a son, Roger, in the crash (an aide to the Governor, Chris Sifford, also died), friends say it will be hard for her to muster the strength. William Clay Jr., a leading state Democrat, advises his party to "tailor a message in memory of Mel: 'Come out; he would have wanted you to vote.'" For Missourians and Americans, the Carnahan death was tragedy...
...crash; near St. Louis, Mo. Elected Governor in 1992, he famously stood by tough decisions despite political aftershocks--such as honoring Pope John Paul II's request that he stay the execution of a murderer. Carnahan's son Randy, 44, who piloted the plane, and a top aide, Chris Sifford, 37, were also killed in the accident...
...want the job. Attorney General Jay Nixon and former Senator Thomas Eagleton probably can't beat Ashcroft. The only Democrat with a shot at doing that would be Carnahan's widow, Jean. But since she also lost a son, Roger, in the crash - an aide to the Governor, Chris Sifford, also died - friends say it will be hard to muster the strength. William Clay Jr., a leading state Democrat, advises his party to "tailor a message in memory of Mel: 'Come out; he would have wanted you to vote.'" For Missourians and Americans, the Carnahan death was tragedy. For Democrats...
...close second is Gary Player, who at 62 won last year's Northville Long Island Classic. And two other competitors, Miller Barber and Charlie Sifford, last year accomplished equally difficult feats, shooting their ages or below--Barber shot a 67 two times, and Sifford, 76, shot...
...symbol of racial progress but see him as a traitor. To them Woods appeared to be running away from being an African American--a condition, they were quick to point out, that he himself had emphasized when he paid tribute to black golf pioneers Teddy Rhoades, Charlie Sifford and Lee Elder in his graceful victory speech. In a mirror image of Zoeller's constricted views, some blacks saw Woods' assertion of a multiracial identity as a sellout that could touch off an epidemic of "passing." Arthur Fletcher, a black member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, testified...