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The Ten Things You Can’t Say in America, by Larry Elder (St. Martin’s, 354 pp., $23.95)

FOR five years, feisty black libertarian Larry Elder has hosted a popular but controversial Los Angeles talk-radio show. In 1997, a boycott by black radicals angered by his anti-affirmative-action stand and other heresies pressured several of the show’s sponsors into pulling their ads, and his radio station into slashing his hours. It took an aggressive TV-ad campaign to convince the station to restore the show to its full length.

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The Ten Things You Can’t Say in America, by Larry Elder (St. Martin’s, 354 pp., $23.95)

FOR five years, feisty black libertarian Larry Elder has hosted a popular but controversial Los Angeles talk-radio show. In 1997, a boycott by black radicals angered by his anti-affirmative-action stand and other heresies pressured several of the show’s sponsors into pulling their ads, and his radio station into slashing his hours. It took an aggressive TV-ad campaign to convince the station to restore the show to its full length.