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Ryan, who eclipsed the 2,000 yard mark for his career with his 128th yard on Saturday, scored his first touchdown of the season on a six-yard jaunt with12:04 remaining in the fourth quarter. Ryan becomes only the seventh Quaker to hit that plateau...
Weary of sun, shopping and sightseeing, tens of thousands of Americans are venturing abroad as "reality tourists." Got no appetite for that pastrymaking jaunt to Provence? For $1,665, including room, board and air fare from the U.S., you can spend a week in Guatemala to "learn about the history of repression and political violence," courtesy of the Center for Global Education in Minneapolis, Minn. Does scuba diving in Hawaii leave you cold? For $3,299, plus airfare, you can travel through Southeast Asia to meet with land-mine victims and "learn how the secret CIA war on Laos affected...
...Weary of sun, shopping and sightseeing, tens of thousands of Americans are venturing abroad as "reality tourists." Instead of that pastrymaking jaunt to Provence, for $1,665, including room, board and air fare from the U.S., travelers can spend a week in Guatemala to "learn about the history of repression and political violence," courtesy of the Center for Global Education in Minneapolis, Minnesota. If scuba diving in Hawaii doesn't appeal, for $3,299, plus airfare, Americans can travel through Southeast Asia to meet with land-mine victims and "learn how the secret CIA war on Laos affected the people...
...Weary of sun, shopping and sightseeing, tens of thousands of Americans are venturing abroad as "reality tourists." Got no appetite for that pastrymaking jaunt to Provence? For $1,665, including room, board and air fare from the U.S., you can spend a week in Guatemala to "learn about the history of repression and political violence," courtesy of the Center for Global Education in Minneapolis, Minn. Does scuba diving in Hawaii leave you cold? For $3,299, plus airfare, you can travel through Southeast Asia to meet with land-mine victims and "learn how the secret CIA war on Laos affected...
Which brings us to another delicate matter: Can racial profiling sometimes be justified? That depends on your definition, which requires a short jaunt into the history of the term. Most criminologists credit former FBI chief of research Howard Teten with inventing (or at least popularizing) the idea of "profiling." In the late 1950s, Teten was a rare combination of cop and scholar. He worked crime scenes for the San Leandro, Calif., police and took classes in psychology at Berkeley. Now 68, Teten says most departments back then gathered evidence at crime scenes only to find direct clues about a criminal...