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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
MORE →Reflects the personal views, recollections, and perspective of the author, Mike Davis.
This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
Irreconcilable differences is a legal term meaning deep disagreements between spouses that cause a permanent breakdown of the marriage and cannot be resolved. It serves as the primary ground for a no-fault divorce in many jurisdictions. The concept of irreconcilable differences provides possible grounds for divorce in the United States and Australia, among other jurisdictions.
Australian family law uses a no-fault divorce approach, and irreconcilable differences is the sole grounds for divorce, with adequate proof being that the estranged couple have been separated for more than 12 months.[1]
In the United States, this is one of several possible grounds. Often, it is used as justification for a no-fault divorce. In many cases, irreconcilable differences were the original and only grounds for no-fault divorce, such as in California, which enacted America's first purely no-fault divorce law in 1969.[2] California now lists one other possible basis, "permanent legal incapacity to make decisions" (formerly "incurable insanity"), on its divorce petition form.[3]
Any sort of difference between the two parties that either cannot or will not be changed can be considered an irreconcilable difference, including differences in character, personality, belief, or some other personality trait. Some states use the terms irremediable breakdown, irretrievable breakdown, or incompatibility. In states where the official grounds is 'irreconcilable differences', the statutory definition of that term may include a waiting period or a mutual-consent requirement.[citation needed]
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Irreconcilable differences is a legal term meaning deep disagreements between spouses that cause a permanent breakdown of the marriage and cannot be resolved. It serves as the primary ground for a no-fault divorce in many jurisdictions. The concept of irreconcilable differences provides possible grounds for divorce in the United States and Australia, among other jurisdictions.
Irreconcilable Differences is a 1984 American comedy-drama film starring Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, and Drew Barrymore. It is loosely inspired on the marriage and divorce of filmmakers Peter Bogdanovich and Polly Platt. The film was released on September 28, 1984, received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed $12 million. For their performances, both Long and Barrymore were nominated for Golden Globe Awards.
Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress. Known for primarily playing femmes fatales and women of mystery in film and television, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1990s. Her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a nomination for an Academy Award. She was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2005 (Commander in 2021). After modeling in television commercials and print advertisements, Stone made her film debut as an extra in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980) and played her first speaking part in Wes Craven's Deadly Blessing (1981). In the 1980s, she appeared in such films as Irreconcilable Differences (1984), King Solomon's Mines (1985), Action Jackson (1988), and Above the Law (1988). She had a breakthrough with her part in Paul Verhoeven's science fiction film Total Recall (1990), before rising to international recognition when she portrayed Catherine Tramell in Verhoeven's erotic thriller Basic Instinct (1992), for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination. Stone's performance as a trophy wife in Martin Scorsese's crime drama Casino (1995) earned her a Golden Globe Award along with a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other notable films include Sliver (1993), The Specialist (1994), The Quick and the Dead (1995), Catwoman (2004), Broken Flowers (2005), Alpha Dog (2006), Bobby (2006), Fading Gigolo (2013), The Disaster Artist (2017), Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019), and The Laundromat (2019). On television, Stone has featured in the ABC miniseries War and Remembrance (1987), the HBO television film If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000), Steven Soderbergh's Mosaic (2017) and Ryan Murphy's Ratched (2020). She made guest appearances in The Practice (2004) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for the former.
Shelley Lee Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. For her role as Diane Chambers on the sitcom Cheers, Long received five Emmy nominations, winning in 1983 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She also won two Golden Globe Awards for the role. Long reprised her role as Diane Chambers in three episodes of the spin-off Frasier, for which she received an additional guest star Emmy nomination. From 2009 to 2018, she played the recurring role of DeDe Pritchett on the ABC comedy series Modern Family. Long has also starred in several films including Night Shift (1982), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), The Money Pit (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), Hello Again (1987), Troop Beverly Hills (1989), The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), A Very Brady Sequel (1996), and Dr. T & the Women (2000).
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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