Word: assuredness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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We're Not Cocky, But . . . : More than a year before the final, the Germans, ever self-assured, booked themselves a 300-room hotel in Los Angeles to be near the Rose Bowl, the site of the championship game.
But before we damage Smith's reputation any further, we find our attention drawn to the five resignations that also marred Sunday's meeting. Hassen "Tricky Dick" Sayeed '96 finally released the content of his secret Councilgate tapes before stepping down from his seat. Bemoaning the "quiet power struggles" that...
Read in this context, Bainbridge's Scott is less than heroic. The novel is based on historical records, but the dialogue, descriptions and thematic patterning bear the author's elegant stamp. Her Antarctica glitters and inspires: outcrops of jet-black rock kept bald by constant winds; prismatic ice masses shot...
BSA President Alvin Bragg's call for an ombudsperson should also be heeded. A review board comprised mostly, if not totally, of civilians, also needs to be created to investigate allegations against the police. Under the current system, Blacks are not assured that their grievances will be addressed fairly.
The racial and economic integration of the projects will never happen so long as they remain war zones ruled by fear, inhabited only by those with no choice. If what passes for safety in U.S. cities could be assured, it may be possible to again attract working people to public...