Word: framings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...frame the question of pluralism in another, more violent language. On one March night, two Black students run to catch a University shuttle bus but are pulled off by Cambridge police, searched and left without explanation on the curb. Ask the police why they acted so, and they answer they saw two men running on a street after a nearby convenience store robbery. Granted, they say, the suspect in the robbery was a single white male, but under the mercury lights in the Square perhaps skin color is too deceptive...
...investigators gather evidence and make more arrests, Hurlbut browses through rows of Hefty Mamas, Leg Show, Bizarre Fantasies and other beckoning titles with the indifference of a hardened vice cop. "Victimless crime -- crap," he whispers. "Follow me." The white-haired Hurlbut eases his 225- lb. frame through an entrance marked PEEP SHOWS and into a darkened warren of viewing rooms. In each of the empty plywood cubicles, VCRs still hum, and the trappings of recent sexual activity abound. "The average guy has no idea what scumbags these places are," he snaps...
...Faculty's steering committee, called the Faculty Council, has been discussing the report since its release in March but has yet to take a vote on the content, Council members said. The body is now discussing a resolution that will frame the Faculty's debate at the May session, Marquand said...
...Philadelphia forward Charles Barkley--the Round Mound of Rebound, the Guru of the Glass--and tonight in the first round of the NBA playoffs, Lord Charles will plant his large frame under the basket, dominate the paint and lead the 76ers to victory over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden...
...agreed on how we should frame the issues, but I'm confident that action will take place," Weissman said...