Slots offer only false promises, hardship

May 11, 2008

Here's a question related to the never-ending saga of Democrats trying to nominate a candidate for president. It's a question about the never-ending saga of slots:

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  April 27, 2008

  There was something unsettling in the air last Monday at Unity United Methodist Church. It was disturbing for the Rev. Napoleon Rush, not because it was new but because he had seen it before.

• In the danger zone

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• It's Democrat vs. Democrat in latest slots fight

  April 20, 2008

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  April 20, 2008

  And so it begins, the 2008 version of preparing to elect a Republican governor in a liberal, Democratic state.

• It's Democrat vs. Democrat in latest slots fight

  April 20, 2008

  And so it begins, the 2008 version of preparing to elect a Republican governor in a liberal, Democratic state.

• It's Democrat vs. Democrat in latest slots fight

  April 20, 2008

  And so it begins, the 2008 version of preparing to elect a Republican governor in a liberal, Democratic state.

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  While researching my civil rights book, I gave a brief work-in-progress talk at a woman's club in Baltimore. A member of the audience came up to me afterward to make this observation about the task I was beginning to confront: "You'll never get the ambience of those days."

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  He stood at the witness table with an expression of respect for the legislative committee he was addressing. And though he had become a fixture in Annapolis, he always introduced himself. "My name is Jim Doyle, and I'm a lawyer from Baltimore," he would say. Then would come brief, sharply focused testimony.

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