Word: thompson
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Yankees (Pettitte 1-2) at Detroit (Thompson...
Moore does not limit his attacks to corporate America, putting national and state governments on the spot as well for giving out "three times as much corporate welfare as social welfare." In Wisconsin, Moore brings three women who have been kicked off welfare to the offices of Tommy Thompson, the state's Republican governor. Thompson signed legislation limiting the time Wisconsin residents can stay on the dole...
...ESPN's Bob Ley moderating a panel that includes Jim Brown, University of Georgia AD Vince Dooley; Minnesota Vikings coach Dennis Green, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, ESPN analyst Joe Morgan, San Diego Padres chairman John Moores, San Francisco 49ers president Carmen Policy and Georgetown University men's basketball coach John Thompson. St. John's basketball standout Felipe Lopez is the only Hispanic, a fact that had some groups already screaming "token" a day early...
...network says topics will include "minority hiring in sports, stereotypes in sports, and the targeting of inner-city children by sports merchandise manufacturers." Expect the accusations to fly from firebrands John Thompson and Vikings coach Green; Carmen Policy and Moores are the early bets to be on the defensive...
...Indiana-bound shipment. Sure, this is like protesting a gasoline tanker, but pressure arising from the Vietnam-era associations forced Pollution Control Industries to back out of the deal. "It may be a terror weapon, but it's no more dangerous than gasoline," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "It's flammable, but not explosive." While PCI had planned to turn the napalm into fuel for cement kilns, it's now firing a frenzy of lobbying by congressmen determined to keep that incendiary train rolling right along...