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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...double standard that black politicians and leaders face is stunning. Jesse Jackson has never completely lived down his unfortunate "Hymietown" remark during the 1984 presidential campaign. Louis Farrakhan is widely considered a dangerous extremist for various comments he has made over the years. However, as bizarre as some of the Nation of Islam's rhetoric may be, this organization has not caused any direct or appreciable harm to anyone. The same cannot be said for organizations such as the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission or the White Citizens Councils...
...Herman, Republicans want to know how much she knew about all the telephone tag being played between her Office of Public Liaison at the White House and the fund raisers at the D.N.C. Herman was in charge of "outreach" to various ethnic groups--an effort that White House documents show included fund raising in some cases. Republican Senators are particularly interested in Herman's relationship with Huang, the D.N.C. fund raiser who once worked for the Lippo Group of Indonesia and who made 76 visits to the White House, sometimes to see Clinton, sometimes to see Ickes and sometimes...
Some states have found that a very simple but powerful way to help parents is simply to coordinate the various services that they already offer. In West Virginia, for example, single sites that provide more than a dozen services have been established in seven communities. "Parents typically get a runaround and may only get a long list of phone numbers," says Kimberly Veraas, chairwoman of the state's Early Childhood Implementation Commission. "If they're really motivated, they can get information. But now we're rolling out the red carpet to parents. They only have to tell their story once...
Reiner is one of dozens of celebrities who have joined Hollywood's latest children's crusade. Whoopi Goldberg, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston and Henry Winkler have all donated their names, their time and even their money to various kids' causes. Not only did Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw co-found the Children's Action Network, which makes educational films and sponsors immunization campaigns, but Spielberg also chairs the Starbright Foundation, an innovative charity group that deploys entertainment technologies to help ease the suffering of sick children...
...difficult to forecast his future earnings, but Simpson's public image and celebrity still have market value. He has already earned $3 million from a combination of sales of his book I Want to Tell You, of postacquittal photos to the Star tabloid and foreign publications, and of various sports promotions, including cards and statues...