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...Around this time I became aware that the endless line and being grilled by me were not the only endurance tests these brave individuals were facing. Many were also having to survive that ultimate stress - an on-camera interview with Jay Leno. It seems that the prospect of creating one of his trademark "people-in-the-street" segments with this many disturbed people to choose from was irresistible to the "Tonight Show" host, who was wending his way through the crowd...
...Next I encountered Balloon-Man. His real name was Sean, but since he'd fashioned exotic headgear for himself out of a number of colored balloons, I gave him his tag. Do you think the balloons will work for you? I asked. "Well, it got your attention, and Jay Leno's attention." Touché. We media types fall for this every time. Sean is a self-described "street performer and children's entertainer." He thinks he'd be a good show contestant because he'd be the court jester. And because he had a recipe for barbecuing penguins...
...great, we had John Updike '56, Lorne Michaels, Andy Richter, Jay Leno, 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, Robin Williams and Conan O'Brien," Hely boasted...
Sophomore Jay Wich scored Harvard's final goal at 7:24 in the fourth period, but was answered by Stag Rob Scipioni in the last two minutes of the game to finish the Crimson...
...good? In countries that have recently shed authoritarian rule, the issue is especially pressing. "It is a huge transition for the police to go from protecting the interests of the state to protecting its citizens," says Jim Curran, dean of special programs at New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He and his colleagues at the school have developed a course meant to reverse the effects of years of bad police practices. Since 1994, more than 3,000 cops in 50 troubled countries have taken "Human Dignity and Policing," funded by the Department of Justice...