Word: suede
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the city's hate-filled past, there are signs of real change in Cicero. Even Valukas, who sued Cicero for discriminatory hiring practices in 1983, says he detects a new willingness to confront the issue of racism. Scott too is hopeful. "I am slowly making some headway with the...
In 1985 the Justice Department sued Melrose Park (pop. 23,000) as well as , twelve other suburbs for discriminatory employment practices. Of 217 city employees, none were black. Melrose Park contested the suit and lost in court.
There have been signs in the glasnost-era press that the security empire is no longer exempt from criticism. Last year Soviet readers were shocked by reports that Ukrainian KGB officers had been dismissed for falsely arresting a muckraking Soviet journalist. That news seems almost tame compared with a recent...
In an effort to distance himself from the organization, Dukakis last week listed his disagreements with the A.C.L.U., which coincided precisely with the issues Bush had cited in the debate. Dukakis also named cases where the A.C.L.U. has sued his Massachusetts administration -- over random roadblocks and for resisting the assignment...
That morning I had read that he was being sued by a woman who claimed to have had his child. I knew my editors would expect me to ask Olajuwon about this. I did. He responded, "I don't want to talk about that."