Word: jacksonism
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That Bloom was right, at least regarding pop's uncanny ability to transcend nationality and culture, is revealed by recent international adoration for the likes of Michael Jackson and, God help us, the Spice Girls. But reading Bloom is poor preparation for how completely American music has infiltrated Europe...
...wish I could tell you that in my business I am known as Mr. October, like some sort of stock-market Reggie Jackson who steps up to the plate to trade while others quake and shiver. But I'm not. I took an intentional walk. We sold a hefty amount of stock going into the month, raising cash to 50%, an abnormally high level for my hedge fund. As stocks have come down, I have reapplied that money to the market in a gingerly fashion. But the bulk of our spare cash is quietly benched in the bond market, waiting...
...have the multiracial, multicultural society we have today. Dr. King dispelled the notion that just because you were black, you could not lead. The healer, the builder of bridges, the one who changed the laws was Dr. King. As a leader he had no peer. --The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, founder and president, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition...
DIED. MILT JACKSON, 76, jazz vibraphonist and improviser who co-founded the Modern Jazz Quartet; in New York City. Composer of the Quartet's signature Bags' Groove, Jackson got his start in Dizzy Gillespie's band and recorded with John Coltrane and Thelonius Monk...
...film is told from the point of view of Peejoe (Lucas Black), Lucille's nephew, who is both Lucille's confidante about the grisly murder of her husband and also the sole witness to the killing of Taylor Jackson (Louis Miller Jr.), the young black leader of a sit-in at a public pool. Peejoe, demonstrating a wisdom that belies his age, refuses to take part in the racisim and segregation that is the rule in his narrow-minded town; however, his principles are sorely tested when he is forced to make a choice between his filial and moral obligations...