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...escalate the viciousness of American crime. "It animalizes people," says Criminologist Richard Korn of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. "They sit in there building fury." Says Charles, the young Bloods gang member: "This place is a pigsty. People come off the lock-downs anxious to kill." Self-serving as that comment may be, a harsh fact remains: more and more cons, both inside the prisons and reunited with fellow gang members on the outside, do just that. --By Dan Goodgame. Reported by Richard Woodbury/Sacramento
...since Dwight Eisenhower in 1955.[*] The rationale: the U.S. has rebuilt its military strength, and its economy is prosperous; it has blunted what once looked like a Gorbachev propaganda advantage by making a new arms-reduction counterproposal two weeks ago, and enjoys solid support even from those allies most anxious for an arms-control deal; at home, Reagan's popularity is high...
...hits their pom routine perfectly; no one loses an elastic band. However, in their final segment, one dancer is slightly off on her turns. Whitlock, Gomez, and Kennedy-Passler, cheering right in front of the stage, return to their spot in the audience extremely anxious...
...cozy storefront sits unassumingly on Broadway in Arlington, but inside, the warm glow of colorful walls and bright paintings create a comforting South-of-the-border cocoon. Co-owner Armida Amor glides about from kitchen to table to front door like a benevolent hostess, anxious to make sure you’re having a good time...
...former prime minister Iyad Allawi last year to help fight the insurgency. The new government also wants to take control of those ministries, which could mean that some of the U.S.-appointed technocrats and commanders in various security structures will lose their jobs - a prospect Rumsfeld has been increasingly anxious about. Three weeks ago, he warned the winners of Iraq's election to "be darned careful about making a lot of changes" to strengthen their own representation in the security ministries, because "the United States has got too much invested and too much committed and too many lives at stake...