Word: southern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shield him from racial prejudice, Young recalls: "I was taught to fight when people called me Nigger, and that's when I learned negotiating was better than fighting." After going to Howard University and Hartford Seminary Foundation, he eventually moved to Atlanta to work with King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1972, after one unsuccessful campaign, he was elected to Congress from a predominantly white Atlanta district...
...beach was not much heavier last week than usual: bits of tar routinely float in from passing tankers. Bathers have got used to oil-stained feet. Thus few cancellations were reported at hotels. Padre Island, a thin barrier reef that stretches approximately 130 miles north from its highly developed southern tip, was slightly harder hit. But the oil was still no worse than a thick line of tar at the water's edge...
...allies in Syria and Iraq had become more and more preoccupied with pressing domestic problems. Israel, in the meantime, was steadily pounding away at P.L.O. refuges in southern Lebanon...
...could lead to an imminent U.S.-P.L.O. dialogue. Still, such a diplomatic flirtation jolted the Israeli government. So did U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's warning last week that Israel may have violated a 1952 military aid agreement by using American-supplied jets in raids on southern Lebanon...
...script creates an exhausting round robin of ethical and personal conflicts for its hero. Should Tynan lead the fight against a racist Supreme Court nominee, or should he remain silent out of deference to an old colleague (Melvyn Douglas)? Should he carry on an affair with a bright Southern civil rights lawyer (Meryl Streep) or remain faithful to his equally bright and attractive wife (Barbara Harris)? Should he pursue his presidential ambitions or spend more time at home with his increasingly estranged kids? Not only do these dilemmas have the aura of the casebook about them, but they are also...