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Charleston ILA leader faces new challenges
March 1, 2002Admiral “Bull” Halsey, who commanded the U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet in the South Pacific during World War II, once said, “There are no great men or women, but only great challenges that ordinary men and women...
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The Charleston Five Victory: Southern gladiators have won a world of friends
March 1, 2002It took nearly two years, but a Longshore local of majority African-American dockers, supported by a worldwide movement, finally won freedom for Elijah Ford, Peter Washington, Kenneth Jefferson, Jason Edgerton and Ricky Simmons – the Charleston...
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Honor Cesar Chavez
March 1, 2002Cesar Chavez, founder of the United Farmworkers of America (UFW) was one of the heroic figures of the 20th century. Many lessons can be learned from Chavez’ life. He, like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was...
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International Notes
March 1, 2002Angola cease-fire/International Women’s Day/Conspiracy to assassinate Zimbabwe’s president/Russian officers criticize Putin/Colombian Communists fight for peace
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Enron Prize: Russian, Central Asian power
March 1, 2002HOUSTON, Texas – When former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay and former Secretary of State James Baker welcomed Mikhail Gorbachev to Houston in 1997 to receive the Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service, more was at stake...
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