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...Oakland duo warrants particular note because of the organization they work for. Out west, the two are involved in the ongoing construction of a project that rarely succeeds in sports: a small-market team that should contend for years to come...
...reaction was more muted: the raid was the right move but hard to watch. For those who see the seizure of Elian in starker terms, vindication must wait while politicians and appeals courts have their say. The Miami relatives will insist they were reasonable; the Justice Department will contend it was a model of restraint; and others will point to the steady stream of pictures of a happy-looking Elian cavorting with his dad. Those without an agenda will want to look at the key questions...
...character from the script's lifeless caricature, David. While they managed to salvage a performance from their script, others were simply overwhelmed. Caitlin Butler '03 (Tess) and Mia Lozada '03 (Malvolia) saw their talents go to waste, trapped within the confines of one-joke roles. Butler had to contend with well over half of her lines involving the living conditions of chickens, while Lozada was stymied by her character's Rumplestiltskian obsession over her name. Showcase cameos by producers Shelby Braxton-Brooks '03 and Zadoc Angell '03 seemed merely self-indulgent; Braxton-Brooks' Jade, while wonderfully domineering and beautifully danced...
...case will also help decide how much legislators can advance gay equality. Eleven states have laws barring employers from firing workers for being gay, and at least eight more have considered such legislation this year. The Boy Scouts contend that hiring openly gay leaders would interfere with the Scouts' First Amendment right to express the view that homosexuality is wrong and would violate their First Amendment freedom to associate, or not, with whomever they please. They also warn that if they lose, all organizations that serve a specific group--they point to the N.A.A.C.P--would have to become all-inclusive...
...that direction. The turnover in a university, for example, occurs on a yearly basis. At the Boston Clubs, on the other hand, the turnover is one generation. People are there for 40 years—it takes time to build under those circumstances.” Insiders contend that they are not attempting to mimic the city’s meritocracy in any way. “Is it a meritocracy...