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...after five decades and under immense international pressure, the Swiss stone wall is beginning to crack. Last week in Zurich, Edgar Bronfman Sr., president of the World Jewish Congress, based in New York City, produced a list--secret until recently--of long-ago account holders, and turned it over to a committee set up jointly last May by the Swiss Bankers Association and a coalition of Jewish organizations. The document contains the names, home cities and deposits--totaling $13.5 million--of some 500 account holders as recorded by Swiss Bank Corp.'s New York City office on June...
...criticized the inequality of America's judicial system, citing statistics and singling out the injustices of crack cocaine convictions...
...Five ounces of crack cocaine gets you five years mandatory, 25 pounds of powder cocaine and you can get probation," Jackson said. "Some drugs are protected by their status...
...about Chelsea's having the school nurse call her father when she needed an aspirin? The real punch line wasn't that her mother was too busy, but that at schools these days, an adult would no more give a child an unauthorized pain reliever than a vial of crack...
...Crimson's keys to victory should be to score early and rely on its stellar defense to crack down and keep possession...