Word: crackings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...panel, titled "The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Crack," featured Margaret Burnham, Henry Louis Gates Jr., bell hooks, Glen Loury, Eugene Rivers and Cornel R. West '74. Professor of Afro-American Studies K. Anthony Appiah moderated the debate...
Although some non-U.S. companies surely do evade American taxes, the IRS's previous efforts to crack down on violators have borne relatively little fruit. Earlier this month the Japanese electronics giant Matsushita, which sells products in the U.S. under the Panasonic and Quasar brand names, reached an agreement with the IRS to pay a settlement in that kind of dispute. The amount was a mere $4.8 million. At least 47 Japanese companies in the U.S. have been involved in similar cases within the past five years. Many such companies are now taking Matsushita's accommodating approach, which will...
...Justice Department and the FBI investigate the killing of Malice Green by police on Nov. 5. Green was stopped by two white cops, who then allegedly beat him with flashlights while other cops, one black and four white, watched or participated. Police said Green had parked near a suspected crack cocaine house...
...start all over again once she stepped onto the national stage. "The Hillary problem," as some aides called it, reflected the perception of some voters that she combined the aura of the teacher's pet with the grimness of the first generation of women lawyers, afraid to crack a joke about a client for fear of being sent back to the typing pool. To some, her marriage looked like a merger. Former candidate Michael Dukakis only read about Swedish land- use planning in his spare time; the Clintons talk about similarly dense topics with friends over dinner in the huge...
...quarrel only with the inclusion of "Spacehopper," a jokey sex ditty which could profitably have been replaced by the title track or the haunting "A Crack in the Clouds." My Nation Underground (1988) was more of the same, although a little uneven. "Charlotte Anne" (say it fast) presents a sadder, gentler Julian, singing "The sound you bring is an antiquated thing/ So please don't look to me for guidance" over airy keyboards and a martial beat. The inclusion of the string-sodden "China Doll" is inexplicable...