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...elected, Davis would lead the Confederacy's first capital, Montgomery, where Alabama's best-known governor, George Wallace, in his 1963 inaugural address, called the state the "Cradle of the Confederacy," the "very Heart of the Great Anglo-Saxon Southland," and declared, "segregation now...segregation tomorrow... segregation forever." Davis' election would deliver another blow to what remains of the G.O.P.'s racially divisive Southern Strategy. He would also be only the third black elected governor in American history, the second from the South. Is Alabama ready for that much change? (See a graphic presentation of the American Civil...
...commission, would ''be accepted as an indication of no objection.'' To many companies, the letter was a veiled threat of public censure and even criminal prosecution against companies that sell ''adult'' publications. At least six retail chains that received the letter, with 8,632 outlets nationwide--most notably the Southland Corp., owner of 7-Eleven convenience stores--have stopped selling Playboy and Penthouse. Playboy, along with the Magazine Publishers Association and other groups, is suing the commission to retract the letter and issue a statement explaining its intentions. They charged that the letter has touched off a ''blaze of censorship...
...pimp, and pimps don’t commit suicide.” Such is the reasoning of Boxer Santaros as he struggles to save the world in Richard Kelly’s “Southland Tales.” Played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (“The Scorpion King”), Santaros mysteriously turns up at the beginning of the film with amnesia. He’s a movie star who co-writes a screenplay (with a porn star, no less) about the end of the world as we know it. What...
...Amaker said. “We always talk about trying to deserve victory…We deserved it throughout today. We fought, we defended, we set the tone early with how we want to defend and block out.” The Crimson handled the Demons, denizens of the Southland Conference best known for their 14-over-3 upset of Iowa in the NCAA Tournament two years ago, by forcing turnovers, sharing the ball, and pushing the tempo. With both squads playing their third game in less than 48 hours, Harvard seemed by far the fresher club. The Crimson...
...won’t go quietly, either. The Demons come into this season as the defending Southland Conference East Division champion for the 3rd year straight. After winning both its exhibition games, NSU is primed for the weekend’s action. The two teams have never played...