Word: ly
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...Adrenaline bursts aside, it's hard to feel invincible inside the PC caf? these days. Phuong Huu Ly, 20, a junior at Santa Ana college, wanted to play Counterstrike here one night at the end of December but all the computers were taken, so he stepped out for a smoke. Once outside, according to police, he encountered four gang members, one of who allegedly stabbed him in the head with a screwdriver. He died in a nearby hospital eight hours later. Police have said that Ly was a "gang associate" and that the slaying may have been the result...
...members don't readily admit to their existence. They were originally formed for self-defense, but have gradually become more offensive, with gangs from different backgrounds (Korean, Vietnamese, etc.) squaring off against each other. "They're not really territorial," says Police sergeant Mike Handfield, who heads up the Ly investigation (one suspect has been caught, three others are at large). "It's a virtual reality set-up. When you have groups that are already rivals and they get together because of these games, that has built-in problems...
...left, 19-year-old Bastien Debély nods in agreement, sunbeams glinting off a silver ring pierced two-thirds of the way up his right ear. "In this business, you can pretty much name the company you want to work for," he says. Graduates can expect to start out at $2,250 a month, rising to $4,000 for the most experienced workers...
...citizen Nguyen Huu Chanh, is accused of planning armed attacks and fomenting political instability in Vietnam. The defendants, some arrested as long as two years ago, face sentences ranging from 12 years to death. The verdict is expected this week. Police also arrested a Catholic priest, Father Nguyen Van Ly, on antigovernment charges...
...Volume 3, forthcoming, is entitled The Matrix and Philosophy.) The book is a shameless attempt to pander to all the intellectuals and psuedo-intellectuals who recognize and celebrate the sophisticated and slapstick comedy of “The Simpsons,” but it is more of a general(ly mediocre) survey of various philosophical concepts that can be projected onto the show. We get essays by random associate and assistant professors of philosophy entitled “Homer and Aristotle,” “Marge’s Moral Motivation...