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The NAACP presents gun violence as a racial issue, adducing the statistic that African-American teenagers were 16 times more likely than white teens to die from guns between 1990 and 1998. But gun violence is an issue that affects all communities, and it is a major mistake to define...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Stray Shot | 4/10/2003 | See Source »

Life has become what she calls “public television”—we watch one another, and, if at any given moment our attention is distracted from a particular person, it’s only because “something else must be happening on a...

Author: By Lily X. Huang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Zadie Smith Tells of Success, Story-writing | 2/28/2003 | See Source »

During the State of the Union speech, congressional Republicans applauded President Bush's plan to pass a $400 billion Medicare reform package before 2004. But some Republicans on Capitol Hill who have fought and lost many Medicare battles fear the White House is too distracted by Iraq and the economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Bush's Medicare Plan Got A Chance? | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

The restaurant, which opened in late November, has forsaken the traditional ambience of the old location for a daring redesign by co-owner Deborah Hughes. UpStairs on the Square’s website describes the new décor as “a throwback to 1940s glamour with a...

Author: By Anthony S.A. Freinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stairway to Heaven | 2/6/2003 | See Source »

The officer informed them of the fine, but was distracted by a biker pedalling across the ice.

Author: By Elizabeth S. Widdicombe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: On Thin Ice, Crossers Tempt Fines, Fate | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

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