Word: slurs
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...vibrated through the White House corridors when Joan Kennedy archly told a reporter that she was better equipped than Rosalynn for life in the White House because she was a "sophisticated lady" and held a master's degree in education. But in obedience to the presidential edict, the slur went unanswered...
...nation-some 4,600 black elected officials in all. But housing is still abominable, health care uncertain and, despite some reforms, too many big-city blacks, particularly the youths, view a white policeman as their natural enemy. The discrimination may be as direct and blatant as a racial slur, or as amorphous and difficult to fight as the hiring record of white employers: the unemployment rate among blacks with college educations is higher (27.2%) than that of white youths who are high school dropouts...
...have shown us in only one dimension. It is my contention that for every "bomb designed" you will find a potential solution to an energy problem; for every "crackpot" you will find a good friend; for every "racial slur" you will find a rewarding cultural exchange; for every high school "loadie" you will find a National Merit Scholar; for every teen-age beer bust you will find a complete absence of major crime; and for every "psychologically abused child" you will find many who are hugged like Teddy bears...
...presidential campaign. He mobilized a voter registration drive, mustering black support for Carter. When Carter later blundered into saying that any neighborhood had a right to maintain its "ethnic purity," Young objected but stood by him and helped convince blacks that he had not intended a racial slur. Asked if there was anyone to whom he was indebted after winning the nomination, Carter named one: Andy Young...
...posing a threat. The game rolled on without excitement for the hometown fans through eight innings. I was beginning to re-evaluate my impression of the Boston fan at this point. Down 4-2 and no more than a few curses shouted at the umps, only an occasional customary slur shouted at George Scott; echoes of "cold beah heah" were all the fans enjoyed...