In Newark, a largely black and poor city of 275,000 that experienced devastating riots in 1967, the verdict was met with a mixture of disappointment and relief.

It was an effort that would not have been possible until now in a city whose image has long been defined by the devastating riots of 1967.

Formed in the aftermath of the devastating urban riots of the 1960's, the Kerner Commission predicted that the country was "moving toward two societies, one black, one white - separate and unequal."

His career has spanned the city's devastating riots, the rise of black politics and the rebuilding of downtown and some neighborhoods.

They said that his walks through poor black neighborhoods helped the city avert the devastating riots then exploding in other cities, and that he improved conditions for the poor.

The first trial, in state court, culminated in a devastating riot when four white police officers were acquitted of assault charges in April 1992.

A devastating riot rocked Bihar towards the end of 1946.

He organizes a garbage strike that precipitates a municipal crisis culminating in a devastating riot during a basketball playoff against a rival town.

INVESTMENTS that were made in public facilities in the wake of the devastating riots of 1967 have matured.

No major American city in recent times has suffered quite the body blow to its tourism industry that Los Angeles did after last year's devastating riots.