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Slowing Schuckman will not be enough, though. Junior forward Eddie Samuel could give Harvard's defense fits if Big Red point guard DeShawn Standard is able to get him the ball down low. And Standard could get backcourt help from Alex Compton, who come off the bench to score 14 in a loss to SEC power Louisiana State...

Author: By Dov J. Glickman, | Title: Big Homestand For M. Cagers | 1/12/1996 | See Source »

...militias nationwide and even some of their critics soon began expressing doubts about the note. "A setup," said Dean Compton, a Northern California paramilitary leader and founder of the National Alliance of Christian Militia, echoing a common sentiment. "We went through every computer data base we had, and there's no militia in the country that has ever heard of the name." At least two aspects of the note seem suspect: most extremists reserve the term Gestapo for the government, and few of them trust the feds enough to suggest that they police themselves. Joel Breshin, head of the Arizona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MURDER ON THE SUNSET LIMITED | 10/23/1995 | See Source »

...route to the 62nd running of the Compton Cup at Princeton, Harvard heavyweight crew had a bit of a problem with the boat trailer--it fell off. Although the varsity and JV shells were uninjured, minimal (but repairable) damage was done to the two freshman shells...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Men's Heavyweight Crew Falls | 4/24/1995 | See Source »

...Wright, a poet from the bad neighborhoods of Compton, was a prophet. In 1989, the group N.W.A., which he co-founded, produced one of the most important songs of the past decade, "Fuck tha Police," Police officers around the country objected strongly to the song; an FBI official sent N.W.A. a threatening letter...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: California Dreaming | 4/5/1995 | See Source »

...song was no love ballad. Its images were graphic, and many of the lyrics on the album, "Straight Outta Compton," were downright misogynist. But Wright was dead on in describing the rage minorities feel, often justifiably, towards law enforcement. After the Los Angeles riots bore out his point, Wright told the L.A. Times: "We were criticized a lot when we first released that song, but I guess now after what happened...people might look differently on the situation...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: California Dreaming | 4/5/1995 | See Source »

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