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...vice dean of Howard Law School, Charles H. Houston—the first African American to serve on the Harvard Law Review—trained future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Attorney Oliver Hill, according to Ogletree. Both men played pivotal roles in developing the case against "separate but equal" school facilities. Specifically, Marshall served as chief counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which took the Brown case to the Supreme Court...
Both Bush and Kerry face a basic political decision: whether to speak to the nation or preach to the choir. The urge to preach may be overwhelming. The number of undecided voters is minuscule, about 5% in most polls. Activists in both parties--Karl Rove and Howard Dean, for example--argue that the surest path to victory is to stoke the base, keep the partisans engaged and angry, and deal with those wimpy undecideds by tearing down the opposition with negative...
...writer and producer for other Disney spectacles such as The Rookie. The movie is rated PG-13, but Hancock’s often gruesome battle scenes give The Alamo a modicum of R-rated grit. The film was originally devised with an R rating, with Academy award-winning Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) as director. However, due to Disney’s budget constraints, Howard could not make the bloodier film he wanted, so he told Disney to offer it to Hancock, who promised a PG-13 cut with a budget under $100 million. The effects of this struggle...
...this year, while everyone will be rooting for Dwight Howard to become the next Garnett or for Sebastian Telfair to become the next Kobe, I won’t be swept up in the hype...
Political timing can make or break an election. Howard Dean peaked too early in this year’s Democratic primaries, as did Al Gore in the last presidential election. The Bush-Cheney campaign has more than enough financial ammunition and media savvy to make a spring running-mate selection old news. So whether Kerry’s ace will be former primary foe John Edwards, Republican buddy John McCain, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson or anyone else, he should let the speculators speculate and the pundits wonder. The Kerry campaign may be craving more buzz in April...