Word: problem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attributes much of the A.D.'s problem tocrowd control issues...
This may seem like a ludicrous question; how can there be a national title unless every team is allowed to compete against each other? A ridiculous question today, yes, but 30 years ago, this same kind of problem had very real implications for segregated school systems throughout the South. Separate schools meant separate athletics, and in the 1960's New Orleans had two different basketball champions every year. TNT's new television movie Passing Glory, which debuted last Sunday, chronicles two Josephite priests' struggle against inequality and their efforts to integrate high school basketball in New Orleans...
...injustice of segregation pervades every scene in Passing Glory. While the film is very much about race, however, its perspective on the problem of inequality is more nuanced than is often the case in stories about the Civil Rights movement. The frustration felt by Travis' family and blacks in New Orleans is palpable, but it is tempered with the realization that safety requires them to eschew radical forms of protest. Passing Glory also highlights the struggle within Catholic Church against racial injustice. In one of the opening scenes, Father Grant announces that the Louisiana High School Athletic Association has again...
...hardware problem in the council's computer has prevented the organization from permanently switching to an electronic system...
...votes aren't all counted in Nigeria's presidential election, and that's just part of the problem. With the ballots from 31 of the country's 36 states in, the favorite, General Olusegun Obasanjo, is more than five million votes ahead, and his opponent, former finance minister Olu Falae, is charging widespread voter fraud as the reason why. So far, international observers say only that the cheating has been done by both sides. But the election broke down pretty much as expected, with Obasanjo sweeping the northern territories that are home to the military elite that supports his candidacy...