Meanwhile, racial unease ran high after the deaths of two young black men who were set upon by gangs of whites in 1986 and 1989, and the mayor fell out with many black voters for purging anti-poverty programs and saying, among other things, that busing and racial quotas had done more to divide the races than to achieve integration.

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We memorialize the armies of men, and women disguised as men, black and white, who fell in apple orchards and cornfields in a war that saved our union.

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Indeed, this was almost before that era, when local news was dominated by middle-age white men who looked like they had turned to broadcasting after the job at the bank fell through.

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The typical earnings of a woman who worked all year rose 2.4% in 1996, while men's fell by 0.9%.

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Ismay left the ship, I believe, because he fell through all the important categories, but also because he had no identification with those men on board who were lighting up their last cigarettes and preparing to die.

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