Word: spelman
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Rome Reporters Walter Galling and Leonora Dodsworth find that the strong dollar hasn't changed their lives. Says Galling: "There's a little thing here called inflation." Munich Reporter Franz Spelman recalls the sad days of the wilting dollar. "Just eight years ago," he says, "some Germans, remembering the CARE packages that Americans sent after World War II, began giving the families of needy U.S. servicemen toys, clothing and furniture...
...civil rights movment and accompanying evaluations of their consequences are intelligent and thoughtful. Walker is at her best when she weaves her own experience into the narration. In a 1971 essay about Coretta Scott King, the author remembers having met her as a freshman at Atlanta's Spelman College, when she and some classmates met with Mrs. King at her home. Having idolized Dr. King, she remembers hoping that Coretta was good enough for him Years later, after his assassination, she glimpses Coretta King once again, and has very different thoughts...
...were King's widow Coretta, 56, and their four children: Yolanda, 27, a New York City actress; Martin III, 25, a lobbyist in Washington who worked for passage of the King holiday; Dexter, 22, a corrections officer in Atlanta, and Bemice, 20, a junior at Atlanta's Spelman College. Said their mother, after a brief, private meeting with the President: "All right-thinking people, all right-thinking Americans are joined in spirit with us today. It feels great...
...after its inception in 1980, and members credit him with raising corporate funds that are traditionally difficult to obtain, and securing a $2.7 million annual grant from AID. "Federal funds hang by a thread and corporate sponsors are not easy to find," says Donald Stewart, president of predominently Black Spelman College and a member of the SAEP board. "Bok has been very helpful in getting that kind of support...
Poet Maya Angelou at Spelman College in Atlanta: "Congratulations to you. You are phenomenal. The reason you are phenomenal is because you come from a phenomenal people. When you get into the marketplace, whether it is the academic world or the industrial, or business, corporate or the arts, it is wise to remember where you come from. And then you can use your past as the mirror so that you can see yourself. You have come well from a very healthy, a lusty people, a people loving life and loving love. When you need to see yourself, you must...