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...Boston police union is claiming that the Jan. 9 indictment of a police sergeant for allegedly breaking the jaw of Garett D. Trombly ’03 became a federal case only because the victim is a “white, affluent Harvard student...
...happen—earlier they tried keeping things open 24 hours [and] nobody went for it, but now they’ve brought in late-night transport service” to Central Square—a sign that the area is becoming commercialized, and tailoring to younger, more affluent customers, such as those who frequent late-night bars, he says...
...teenagers resulted in a blow to the sanitized, suburban nuclear family unit of Eisenhower’s America. The resounding popularity of rock and roll icons Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley blurred the barriers between white and “colored,” poor and affluent, and right and wrong. Good little girls screamed upon witnessing the King’s pelvic gyrations and an entire generation fell in love with the sounds of “poor white trash” from the Bayou and a black man with a guitar...
Sacks grew up in an affluent Jewish household in London during the World War II—a story in itself—but was sent away to a country boarding school during the peak of the war to avoid the dangers of wartime. Psychologically abused by his headmaster, far from the comforts of home and the love of a fascinating, scientifically-inclined extended family that included doctors, mathematicians, chemists and mining consultants, Sacks sought a sense of security the only way he could—through scientific experimentation...
Hackman describes Wilson as "a good young actor with original looks." It's an understatement, but true enough. Born and bred in the affluent environs of north Dallas, Wilson was a rambunctious kid (he was expelled from prep school in 10th grade for cheating in geometry) who found redemption in his sly sense of humor and knack for writing quirky dialogue. Majoring in English at the University of Texas, he discovered a kindred spirit in Anderson, his senior-year roommate. In 1992, they wrote Bottle Rocket as a short film. After it played at the Sundance Film Festival, producer-director...