Word: equal
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This is not the picture of the crack epidemic portrayed by the nightly news. On TV, crack addicts are almost invariably blacks and Hispanics from the ghetto. In real life, the problem is much broader: the number of white middle- and upper-class crack users may equal -- or even exceed -- the total from poor minority communities. No government studies break down crack use by economic status, but William Hopkins, a leading narcotics expert working for the state of New York, estimates that 70% of New York City's drug users are affluent. Across the U.S., drug counselors report rising numbers...
Shouldn't Whyte be more upset? Look at Brown: its entire front line is populated by freshmen who haven't learned how to lose yet. Players like Chris Monteiro, who scored the Bruins' first goal on a no-angle shot to equal the all-time Brown season scoring record of nine goals...
Yael Dayan, novelist, journalist and the daughter of former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, and Hanan Mikhael-Ashrawi, a crusader for equal rights for women in the Palestinian movement, debated the best process to achieve peace between Palestinians and Israelis in front of a large audience at the Agassiz Theatre...
Representative John Lewis (D-Ga.) said that Hispanics--like Blacks--are victims of racism, but historical and cultural differences make it difficult for them to be part of the Rainbow Coalition, a predominantly Black organization that promotes equal rights for minorities...
...concur with you that this is an important issue, but I would like to call to your attention that there are a multitude of other issues which deserve equal discussion," Walsh's reply reads. Among the other issues Walsh cited were taxes, the fiscal difficulties of the Cambridge Hospital and the recent cuts in state aid to the city...