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    • Disheartening Verbal Attack Strikes

      Posted by Orato

      This week, former Seinfeld star Michael Richards disgraced comedians with a racial attack on a heckling audience member at The Laugh Factory. Colleagues in the industry are outraged and shocked, and although Richards issued an apology on the David Letterman Show, few think his career will recover, and African Americans say forgiveness will take tim

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      Ann R., Alcoholic

      Posted by Billbar from New York Times

      Former Gov. Ann Richards of Texas will be remembered for her wit, her one-liners and especially for the keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention, which was, in retrospect, the high point in the party’s dismal campaign for the presidency that year. But her political career eclipsed what Ms. Richards called “one of the great, great stories” of her life: her recovery from alcoholism and her nearly 26 years of sobriety. That triumph deserves to be more than a line in her obituary.

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      Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards dies at 73

      Posted by Billbar from Chron

      Ann Richards, who shed the role of homemaker to rise through Texas politics to become the state's 45th governor and a national celebrity, died Wednesday after a six-month battle with cancer. She was 73. As a Democratic politician, Richards' 1990 race for governor against Republican cowboy oilman Clayton Williams became a battle of the sexes. Her victory symbolically broke down gender barriers for a generation of Texas women who were seeking professional careers.

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