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Comparing wages across institutions is a difficult business. Job titles and descriptions vary, and wages depend on experience. Better benefits at an institution may compensate for lower wages. And the jobs come in different grades--"library assistant I" earns less money than "library assistant...
More to the point, young African Americans are not so naive and suggestible that they have to depend on a compact disc for their sociology lessons. To paraphrase another song from another era, you don't need a rap song to tell which way the wind is blowing. Black youths know that the police are likely to see them through a filter of stereotypes as miscreants and potential "cop killers." They are aware that a black youth is seven times as likely to be charged with a felony as a white youth who has committed the same offense...
...company's second defense of Cop Killer is the classic one of free expression: "We stand for creative freedom. We believe that the worth of what an artist or journalist has to say does not depend on preapproval from a government official or a corporate censor...
...Anticipating rejection, Thomson-CSF officials have been scrambling for some time to put together a new offer -- with American partners, including Raytheon, Northrop or Loral. One hitch is that Thomson-CSF placed a $20 million guarantee with LTV for a completed sale by July 31. A new arrangement would depend on the readiness of LTV's creditors to let this deadline slide while a new U.S. review process took place...
...Maastricht. Despite growing doubts elsewhere in Europe, a majority of Spaniards still support the treaty, and Gonzalez has not wavered since he told parliament this spring, "For a country like ours, historically isolated, no effort should be spared to board this train. Our well-being and our stability depend on our success in adapting to the construction of Europe." The restructuring of Spain's noncompetitive heavy industry is under way, and parliament has approved Gonzalez's plan to slash state spending and open up financial, transport, telecommunication and oil- distribution markets...