Word: robinson
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Just so. Until last week, Freedom was the nation's fourth largest black- owned banking company, with assets of $121 million. Founded in 1964 by a group headed by the late baseball great Jackie Robinson, Freedom was formed with a special mission: to serve the churches, businesses and homeowners in the African-American community who were typically denied credit by mainstream institutions. Freedom helped finance the renovation of the Apollo Theater, for instance. But like many banks in the '80s, Freedom sought to cash in on expanded powers granted under deregulation by moving aggressively into new lending areas, including risky...
...coincidence, they say, that partisans are divided roughly along racial lines. While no one suggests a formal link, the protests coincide with a surge in ethnic tensions and racially motivated crimes, both locally and nationally. "There's a potential for violence in these demonstrations," says Bill Robinson, a longtime spokesman for the San Diego police department. "What we're seeing is political conservatives protesting against people who are hungry and looking for work...
...Mary Robinson, the candidate of the minority Labour Party, an organization she quit five years ago, impressed voters with her articulate, polished image. The first woman to capture the presidency, Robinson is as notable for her & political radicalism as for her gender, and her election signaled a shift away from traditional attitudes among the electorate...
RECEIVING: Player Team ATT YDS AVG. TD Comstock Columbia 29 361 12.4 1 Torbert Brown 29 352 12.1 3 Geroux Brown 25 292 11.7 1 Abbruzzese Columbia 13 141 10.80 Sardo Columbia 10 138 13.8 0 Robinson Columbia 10 128 12.8 0 Bobo Dartmouth 10 110 11.0 0 Oliaro Cornell 9 130 14.4 0 Gjaja Princeton...
...Robinson also said that personal integrity is perhaps the most essential leadership quality. He said, "Standards must not be lowered, because once they are, it becomes increasingly easy to rationalize them away altogether...