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...drug-war mosaic from director Steven Soderburgh (late of "Out of Sight" and "Erin Brockovich"), America has a rare opportunity to observe the way that movie-making ought to be, stripped of the star wattage and special effects, the hackneyed scripts and Left Coast cant. "Traffic" is not the finest movie ever made, admittedly, nor even perhaps the best of the year. But it accomplishes something rare, something that Hollywood finds difficult to manage these days--it tells the truth about a pressing contemporary issue...
...Castro's new album Samba Raro ranks as one of the finest solo debuts in South or North America in recent memory. De Castro, 28, makes beat-blending music. Drawing from bossa nova, soul, drum 'n' bass and other styles, he sways softly like Tom Jobim and breaks off street beats that would do Dr. Dre proud...
...thrilled that The New York Times wrote an article about it, and that now at the mention of Yale the world might think of pornography in addition to the finest undergraduate education in America...
...twice their size. JEFF VAN GUNDY'S dream is still unrealized. In 1998 the 5-ft. 9-in. Knick coach rode out a New York-Miami playoff brawl attached like a poodle to the leg of 6-ft. 10-in. man-mountain Alonzo Mourning. It wasn't his finest moment, but he escaped unharmed. This time, he wasn't so lucky. On Martin Luther King Day, Van Gundy tried to make peace between warring Knick MARCUS CAMBY and elbowing Spur DANNY FERRY. Camby, 6 ft. 11 in., swung at and missed Ferry, 6 ft. 10 in., but slipped and knocked...
This numerical breakdown could be improved, making the point allocation to a minority a more precise exercise. It does not seem just to treat poor minorities in the same way as minorities who receive the finest private school education. We encourage Michigan to consider tweaking the point system, but we are certain that the current valuations go a long way in fostering a diverse student body...