During a racially charged chapter of Chicago history known as the Council Wars, Mr. Vrdolyak and his 28 allies used their majority on the 50-member City Council to block Mr. Washington's proposals and appointments until a federal judge ordered special elections for alderman in seven wards that were remapped to reflect the city's black and Latino communities.
Authorities arrested Mr. Burge, now 60, at his Florida home Tuesday, charging him in the police brutality scandal that continues to be one of the most racially charged chapters in the city's history.
CHICAGO — The authorities arrested a former Chicago police commander at his Florida home on Tuesday and charged him in a police brutality scandal that contributed to the emptying of Illinois' death row and that continues to resonate as one of the most racially charged chapters in the city's history.
The fifth purpose of the fraternity charges chapters and members is to "provide a pleasant and helpful social experience for all engaged in college band work," and chapters fulfill this charge through social programming such as hosting receptions after band concerts, sponsoring dances and socials for band members or their campus community in general, or by hosting concerts and providing food.
This week, as Ben F. Andrews, a civil rights leader and unsuccessful candidate for secretary of the state, was convicted on federal bribery and money laundering charges, one chapter in the corruption scandals seemed to close.
"They used a total technicality to knock me off the ballot," he said, adding that Ms. Montgomery-Costa "didn't want me to be in charge of a chapter with 14,000 members six months before she runs for re-election".
Dr. Manheimer charges through each chapter, rushing from patient consultations to meetings with city leaders.
A14 Homeless Charged for Shelter Louisville's Salvation Army chapter is charging homeless families $5 a night if they stay at its downtown shelter for more than a week, a change that has angered some advocates for the homeless.
Renting rooms in Hoheneck trivializes their experience, they charge, turning a grim chapter of postwar German history into a Stasi theme park.
In the early 1960's, when my wife and I were in charge of the Akron, Ohio, chapter of the Salvation Army, we arranged a banquet at a hotel with Gary Moore, the television personality, as speaker.
