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...cops actually victims, oppressed like a minority group? Many have begun to feel that way, as everyone from the White House to the city council in Peoria has looked into racial profiling. "There's a tiny number of police officers who may be stopping people because of race, but for many of us these days, it's guilt by uniform," says James Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police (F.O.P.), the largest police union in the U.S. "It's wrong to characterize a person because of the color of their uniform...
...Winners RICHARD PRYOR Comedian's hometown of Peoria names seven city blocks after him. Note to self: bone up on racial profanities and consume copious drugs ALEXANDER KARADJORDJEVIC Son of King Peter II returns to Belgrade palace after Milosevic vacates. Keeps 900-number Rolodex, but tosses Benny Hill bootlegs JOHN MAJOR Life and times of this bionic man will be made into West-End musical?no wait, that's Lee Majors. Who exactly is this guy? Losers IRA EINHORN Old hippie activist is finally extradited for the murder of his girlfriend. Says a government plot kept him stoned...
...send his teachers door-to-door to recruit new pupils. "We scrambled big time," explains Garrett, "flyering and advertising until we got up to 140." While Garrett and his staff were out fishing for students, Cline was hard at work on another venture: a second Paramount campus in nearby Peoria, where he says there are "better market opportunities...
...pool and returns to the trainer for a reward--two pieces of fish. Vicki then swims up to a group of six swimmers for some petting. The entire session costs $65. "It was a marvelous experience," said Michelle Loeffler, a dance teacher from Peoria, Ill. "But I felt bad they have only that little pool to swim in." Said another tourist: "I don't like the idea of circuses, but this seemed like a nice way to meet the dolphin...
Some people look south of the Yucatan and see poverty and underdevelopment. Robert Petterson sees roads and bridges to be built and land to be cleared for modern housing and industry--all with the yellow earthmovers and other heavy equipment made by Caterpillar, based in Peoria, Ill. A quarter of the firm's $21.2 billion annual revenues comes from exports, but not enough of it from Latin America, thanks in part to tariffs that can reach 30%. Create a giant free-trade zone in the hemisphere, says Petterson, a Caterpillar vice president, and "we calculate that industrywide, over 10 years...