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...course of three days, the cops, most of whom are shift commanders, are forced to confront themselves and their past. In one session, a police officer from El Salvador admitted that his superiors told him a prisoner he was escorting should be killed. "I got a hero's medal for murder," he told the stunned class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teaching Cops Right From Wrong | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...brilliant series of intertwining vignettes about the performance-enhancing drug trade in the Sydney Olympics. Benicio Del Toro is a conflicted, street-smart International Olympic Committee official who tries and fails to deal with the problem. Catherine Zeta-Jones is an Olympic gymnast who loses her gold medal after testing positive for banned substances found in common vitamin supplements. Michael Douglas is IOC Chair Juan Antonio Samaranch, who is too busy accepting bribes from various cities that want the games to fix anything...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saved By The Bell: The Envelope, Please | 3/21/2001 | See Source »

...next round, Rechul drew a very tough opponent, Minnesota freshman Garret Lowney. Lowney had won a bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling. Rechul lost that match, pinned by Lowney...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Falls Short at NCAAs | 3/20/2001 | See Source »

...course of three days, the cops, most of whom are shift commanders, are forced to confront themselves and their past. In one session, a police officer from El Salvador admitted that his superiors told him a prisoner he was escorting should be killed. "I got a hero's medal for murder," he told the stunned class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Justice: Teaching Cops Right from Wrong | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

Rechul will have a tough time getting by the second round, however. He will face Garrett Lowney, who is seeded first in the heavyweight division. Lowney is a freshman at Minnesota and won a bronze medal at the Syndey Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Six Harvard Wrestler Begin NCAA Competition | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

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