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...students got a free dinner, and the sponsors got first-crack at some of the most sought-after graduates in the nation...
...Muslim, Islamic fundamentalism has traditionally been limited to a handful of (mostly) student activists. (The city's Muslim clergy, for example, showed no hesitation in condemning the Planet Hollywood bombing.) Fundamentalists were instrumental in creating People Against Gangs and Drugs (PAGAD), a vigilante organization that launched a war on crack dealers -- with pipe bombs as the weapon of choice. (Initial reports suggest a similar device was used in Planet Hollywood.) PAGAD has fought the police too, which is why most of the fundamentalists are well known to local lawmen. As if to make the job of law enforcement even easier...
...this one, and don't be too surprised if the attack even turns out to have some connection with the city's gang-war undercurrents: Despite cloaking itself in the mantle of Islamic fundamentalism, PAGAD has been accused of being influenced by rival drug dealers threatened by the crack trade...
WASHINGTON: Thought it was over? Not a chance. Monica Lewinsky has been summoned to return to the courthouse on Thursday -- where Ken Starr, in a classic prosecutorial pincer movement, will try to get her to contradict President Clinton's Monday testimony. If she does, Starr has a crack at getting the President for perjuring himself before a federal grand jury -- a much more serious charge than any Clinton has faced so far, and one that could bring the country a step closer to impeachment...
...announced a "suspension" of their campaign of violence Wednesday. The reason? Widespread public anger and an appeal from Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, according to the Real IRA's statement published in the Belfast Irish News. The real reason? If they hadn't said something, Ahern was threatening to crack down on the group's Dublin HQ. Besides, there's a more important public relations battle to wage...