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...gritty, wet snow fell on the day the town said goodbye to Karen Clarke and Leroy Brown Jr. The ice closed schools and slicked streets in Bridgeport, Conn., and residents slid helplessly and angrily through their daily tasks. So by the time 600 arrived for the funeral at Refuge Temple Church of God, on Main Street, it seemed as though God had forgotten this place, a small city with big-city problems. "Violence is let loose like a wild boar on our streets!" thundered the Rev. Courtney Williams, a phalanx of fellow ministers behind him hollering agreement, along with worshippers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Silent Testimony | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

Lasaga resigned as master of Yale's Saybrook College Nov. 6 amid allegations of trafficking in Internet child pornography and turned himself in to U.S. Marshals in Bridgeport, Conn...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, | Title: Yale Professor Placed Under House Arrest for Violating Bond | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...Yale professor who resigned on Nov. 6 amid allegations of trafficking in Internet child pornography turned himself in to U.S. Marshals in Bridgeport, Conn., last Thursday...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale Master Arrested | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...life and work. I am a mother, wife, homemaker and senior in college. I have fun, swim, garden and have many friends who see me as a whole person, not just somebody who forgot to stop eating. Yay for the Million Pound March! May it march again. TERRY STAMP Bridgeport, W.Va...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 12, 1998 | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

Parents too can serve as regressive influences, though perhaps less so than in the past. One out of 8 white teens and 1 out of 9 black youngsters say they've heard their parents say something negative about another race. One white father in Bridgeport, in an interview, went on at length about his capacity for racial tolerance (he helps send holiday turkeys to poor black families), but when he was asked about the subject of interracial dating, he declared, "Listen, if Jesus himself stepped down off the Cross asking to date my daughter, and he was black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KIDS AND RACE | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

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