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...fight, like a rumble, when six cars came cruising down the street and the shooting started," says Jeff, 20, whose quick and warm smile defeats even his best efforts at posturing. He ran inside a house, grabbed his .32-cal. pistol and returned fire. Another friend retrieved a mini MAC-10, a semiautomatic he had hidden in the bushes, while a third pulled out a .22-cal. rifle. "That mini MAC saved us," says Jeff, who blindly blazed away at the cars, which circled the block three times. Seven minutes later, two youths lay wounded, one seriously. Neighboring houses were...
...prime time, and the few recent offerings have been too distracted by other matters -- skewering small-town life in Picket Fences; cheerleading for the rights of autistic children in Life Goes On -- to pay much attention to the way families really interrelate. In this context, Laurel Avenue, an HBO mini-series airing in two 90-minute segments this month, is almost a breakthrough...
BOOKS The Night Manager, John le Carre's new dazzler, has the smooth whoosh of a Bentley. THEATER Terrence McNally's play is a miracle worker. TELEVISION A weekend in the life of one troubled family makes a fine mini-series. CINEMA In the Line of Fire casts Eastwood as Clintosaurus rex. MUSIC In mid-megatour, U2 releases a reflective album...
...idea of treating drug addicts in hopes they wouldn't come back to court was pretty radical -- especially for a prosecutor," notes John Goldkamp, a Temple University criminal-justice professor who has been studying the drug court. "She has launched a mini-movement in the courts across the United States." But Reno is no dewy-eyed optimist about such tactics. Goldkamp recalls an early meeting: "Reno said she was skeptical of fairy tales about the miraculous efficacy of the program on public safety, but she said if it delayed seeing drug addicts again in court, that was a real contribution...
There will be eight "mini-kiosks" and two somewhat larger "maxi-kiosks," according to Deborah Byrnes of HRE. The mini-kiosks will rent for $250 a week plus 10 percent of all weekly sales over $1,500, Byrnes said. The maxi-kiosks will rent for $300 a week and 10 percent of all sales over...