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"At the hands of persons unknown" - the Harding-Hoover years; "no new deal on racial violence" - the Roosevelt years; "give 'em hell" - the Truman years; "the big chill" - the Eisenhower years; "don't lean toward the negroes" - the Kennedy years; did we overcome? - the Johnson years; deadly force - the Nixon years; "the only rights you get are right fists" - the Carter years; rolling back the clock - the Reagan-Bush years; a compelling federal interest.