Word: ganging
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Time Warner has also promised analysts it will save $300 million by consolidating the two companies and exploiting other "revenue opportunities." Almost all the initial pain will be suffered by Turner's gang in Atlanta, where 1,000 layoffs are expected. The company plans to apply a sharper pencil to its capital expenditures in all divisions, demanding higher returns...
...drive-by shooting in front of a gang-infested housing project leaves an elderly white woman dead. The police wonder what she was doing on these mean streets at the break of dawn. Gang leader Ordell Trent, a.k.a. Hardcore, whom witnesses place at the scene, accepts a plea bargain to tell what he knows. The woman, he explains, was the mother of his probation officer, Nile Eddgar, and an unintended victim; the gang had actually been paid, by Nile, to kill someone else--Nile's father Loyell Eddgar, an influential state senator...
...shooting of rap-music star Tupac Shakur should not be viewed as a tragedy [NATION, Sept. 23]. Although it is unfortunate that one more person has fallen victim to gang violence, Shakur was no more important than the thousands of others who die from such violence every year. Music like his has contributed to America's violent gang culture. Gang members are finally reaping what they have sown. Shakur's death only serves as proof that he was not in fact an artist. Art has positive social aspects, which are badly missing from gangsta rap. DAVID FABRYCKY Wheaton, Illinois...
...hope the events surrounding the death of Shakur will provide a powerful lesson for younger Americans who participate in gang rivalry and activity. Time after time, parents, police and volunteers warn youngsters about the dangers of getting involved in gangs. Maybe with this tragic event, young people will see for themselves that even martyrs such as "2pac" are not immortal. If hate and rivalry are what the "California Love" of his recording is all about, I don't want any part of it. DEREK GALLARDO Colorado Springs, Colorado...
Dartmouth's "Gang Green" defense held the Rams to only five rushing yards for the entire game, allowing the Dartmouth offense to gain an insurmountable lead at home...