Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...people in the windswept panhandle - were arrested for dealing cocaine. It was the most ambitious drug sting in the history of Swisher County, and there was great buzz surrounding the bust and self-congratulation among the majority of townsfolk at the time. Now the buzz has turned. The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People have become quite concerned that 40 of those 43 arrested were African-American. That represents about 12 percent of Tulia's tiny black minority. Critics are also troubled by the stiff sentences handed down by predominantly white juries...
...whether or not the candidates for the presidency can bring people together across ethnic lines and pursue the cause of one America. A leader must stand up against the forces of bigotry and make national unity a top priority. Vice President Al Gore '69 has led on civil rights and he will continue to lead with a new Civil Rights Bill for the year 2001 to outlaw racial profiling and increase the enforcement of laws against hate crimes...
...civil rights issues like racial profiling, hate crimes and affirmative action, Gore's record stands in clear contrast to that of Texas Gov. George W. Bush. Earlier this year, Bush consistently refused to utter a critical word about the Confederate flag flying over the statehouse in South Carolina. He even suggested that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was an "outsider" and should "butt out" of the controversy. When given the chance to speak out against a symbol of racism and treason, he could not muster the courage or the leadership to condemn...
...good for our economy and good for our country. When people are held back by prejudice and discrimination, America fails as a nation. Bush opposes affirmative action efforts to break down the barriers erected by discrimination and would appoint Supreme Court justices who would turn back the clock on civil rights...
...renowned for mental prowess, were the stewards of the great 1920s boom when GNP increased by more than half in under a decade. Coolidge simply repealed the war time tax rates and let the good times roll. And who guided America through the tripling of incomes of the post civil war, pre-Teddy Roosevelt era? Who indeed...