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...Many of you had a distinct lack of empathy for these young offenders. "The more liberal among us may feel sorry for these punks and make excuses for them," charged a Minnesotan, who recommended, "you should do a follow-up and tell the story of the victims' families." A New Hampshire man strongly echoed that thought: "These prisoners may grieve for lost opportunities and freedom, but where are the grief and remorse for the pain they caused their unsuspecting victims and their families?" In the faraway Maldives, a reader was more than content to keep his distance from our killer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 18, 2001 | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

Lost Highway, which was launched by Universal Music earlier this year, wants to reconnect country to its roots. Luke Lewis, the president and founder of the label, says today's country music has siphoned off the "twang and pain" that made the genre meaningful and distinct. And Lewis should know, since he did some of the siphoning--he was president of Mercury Nashville when the appealing but almost twangless Shania Twain rose to superstardom. "I don't feel like there's any irony there," Lewis says. "Shania Twain and [her husband] Mutt Lange are brilliant songwriters. In a twisted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Back To Country's Roots | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

...prepares to hand over the keys to his Mass. Hall office 10 years later, he leaves a conflicted record in his wake—a fatter wallet, a more diverse University, the potential for a larger campus—but a diminished bully pulpit and a distinct sense of distance between undergraduates and Harvard’s administration...

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Last Word on Neil Rudenstine | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...concept of a living wage as distinct from the national minimum wage first emerged in Baltimore...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Makes Sense of Living Wage Figure | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...want to do the university-student partnership," Duncan says. "We want to keep Global Justice as a distinct entity from Harvard University. Although it began at the Kennedy School, it's a separate entity...

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Working to Fight AIDS | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

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