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...than mine, and Asian eyes don?t prevent random strangers from viewing them simply as Young Black Men - which they are by about half - and, therefore, potentially dangerous, which they definitely are not. And surely their non-physical traits, like being highly educated and classically trained musicians, get lost amidst the ski jackets and low-riding pants my youngest brother in particular favors. The same is true of countless black men and boys, whose fashion choices, large headphones and, yes, skin color might seem to some to belie the true nature of their personalities...
...Listen Scott, all I can really do now is walk around a little - for the time I have I would like to walk". I couldn't argue much with this; the arthroscopic surgery was small and not too painful. So amidst quite a few raised eyebrows I brought Charlie...
...befriend your housemates, and your friends from freshman year do the same, your circle of friendship can expand exponentially. Visiting a friend in another House opens up a new world of social opportunity.It is telling that when my classmates and I graduate this June, we will celebrate first amidst the pomp and circumstance of a 30,000-person-strong ceremony. But then we will travel the blocks to our House courtyards, where our House masters will hand us our diplomas in an intimate ceremony. We will shake hands with a receiving line of teary-eyed tutors who have seen...
...once again sometime later, face to face, as I gave evidence for the prosecution at his trial; it was a brief and not exactly enjoyable encounter. As time went by, and the process in the Hague dragged on year after year, its meaning was somehow lost to me amidst Slobo's endless rants and the prosecution's legal maneuvers; watching the trial felt like watching an overstretched soap opera, and I eventually gave up. Milosevic, I thought, was a thing of the past, and it was time to move...
...Something that is surprisingly lost amidst the fan-boys stories of emulating Led Zeppelin on tour is analysis of why their music is good and groundbreaking, particularly as to the esoteric sampling base that led the way for Prince Paul and Dr. Dre. It is disappointing that there is no scrutiny of the actual material producing their astonishing ascent...