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...cuisines. Long before I ever watched the European championships - the cable sports network ESPN didn't televise any games in the U.S. until 1996 - I was familiar with Europeans' football. I had been seeing it on the field, first as a kid living in an immigrant-enriched community near Newark, N.J. - where one learned that Portuguese teams have flair and fire, and that a Scotsman has a very broad view as to what constitutes a fair challenge. My European education would continue in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League, in New York City. The CSL began life in 1923 as the German...
When Cory A. Booker took office as mayor of Newark, N.J. in 2006, he assumed responsibility for a city torn by crime, economic instability, and explosive racial tensions. Booker, an Yale-educated lawyer, ran on platform of reforming the city’s government and reducing crime. Since taking office, his mayoral agenda—which some consider too idealistic for the harsh reality of Newark, which was decimated following notorious race riots in 1967 riots—has been closely monitored by his constituents and the national media alike. This heavy dose of idealism is what the future lawyers...
Mayor Cory A. Booker of Newark, N.J. addressed graduates of Harvard Law School at their Class Day ceremony yesterday...
...year old Yale Law School graduate has staked his reputation on battling crime, corruption, and unemployment in Newark...
...Since entering Newark politics a year out of law school, he has become infamous for using unconventional tactics to draw attention to many of Newark’s problems—including living for eight years in public housing and going on a 10-day hunger strike...