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...young Joey, but probably more so because of Peretz's and Ryan's adaptation of the story than anything else. Great though the character may be presented, Ribisi plays him as more ignorant than innocent, a subtle distinction that in the end postpones the viewers' ability to understand his plight until later on in the movie...
...thing Clinton has been able to get others to do this year is talk. The President sees his year-long national conversation on race as a major legacy item. But the heart-to-heart won't amount to much unless Clinton moves to address the plight of the urban poor, whose misery helps reinforce pernicious racial stereotypes. Late last year the Democratic Leadership Council, the centrist group Clinton helped launch in 1985, urged the President to back up his race initiative with "the first coherent urban strategy since the Johnson Administration." If he were to work with the new crop...
...well off, volunteerism tends to get a lift as those with good fortune seek to give back to their community. Incredibly, though, some volunteers find out too late that they are grossly underinsured and, after a lawsuit, must give back way more than they had planned. Consider the unhappy plight of four volunteer directors for the St. Thomas Irish Channel Consortium, which sponsors social programs in New Orleans. The group's board authorized purchase of directors' insurance, but no one followed through. Today the group is in court over a wrongful-termination claim, and board members may be personally...
...election of Beth A. Stewart '00 as president of the Undergraduate Council last December ruffled plenty of feathers. During her campaign, Stewart promised to depoliticize the council, to shift its focus from abstract debates about foreign policy and the plight of migrant workers to concrete issues like student group funding and cable television. Her approach was a direct refutation of the council's ideological status quo. In striking contrast to her liberal predecessor, the Georgia native is a Republican who interned for House Speaker Newt Gingrich during the summer...
...with AIDS patients to draw attention to the plight of the virus' victims and attended the centenary of the Women's Suffrage Movement in New Zealand...