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...there's not much that Chabon, who won a Pulitzer for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, can't do with words. But he's almost too clever: there's something too cute about The Yiddish Policemen's Union, the kind of cuteness that a really passionate writer drops from time to time when there's serious work to be done. Chabon may be incapable of writing a bad book. But it's still not clear if he can write a great...
...first door on the left side leading to the kitchen area. None of the five flags—which also represented Israel, South Africa, and the United Nations—used at the event were hard to miss, measuring at least six feet long by 10 feet wide. Two policemen from the Harvard University Police Department provided security for the event, but did not report any unusual activity to Woodbridge members, Gong said. Woodbridge Society members said they did not notice the flags were absent until the end of the event, which reached capacity about an hour before it ended...
...area of science in hopes they would make something great of themselves,” Counter said in an interview yesterday. “Young black boys in particular are at risk because of poor educational programs, lack of job opportunities for their parents, and brutality by policemen,” Counter added. “I try to encourage young black men to develop family values, honesty, and a commitment to learning and education.” Counter has directed the Harvard Foundation for 26 years, and for the last 14 of those years he has overseen its annual...
...They deserved some help. Like the overwhelming majority of American jurors in murder and abuse cases, the 14 Austin jurors had to face unspeakable horrors without the benefit of the psychological assistance afforded to both policemen and victims. Cave has turned to State Rep. Juan Garcia to sponsor a bill funding a jury counseling program in Texas state courts for those cases where graphic, disturbing evidence is often featured - homicide cases, sexual offenses, family-relations crimes such as child abuse. The bill, which would give additional funds to victims' assistance programs, is gaining support in the legislature. While victims' advocates...
...years later, after Pitonyak was given a life sentence for the murder, Austin firemen and policemen who followed Sedwick into the apartment are still undergoing counseling, Cave says. Sedwick and her family are also being counseled by therapists and the family priest. But all that help still can't prevent daily, commonplace events from triggering the horrible memories. "We don't eat anything in our house that is carved and there is a certain type of garbage bag with a red cinch that we don't use," Cave says...