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...Bilko and Catch-22. Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix) is a wheeler-dealer stationed in Germany just before the sundering of the Berlin Wall. While his stoned fellow soldiers take a lethal joyride in a tankand the camp's defenestration rate is way too highElwood makes a pretty profit running guns, drugs and 1,000 cans of Mop & Glo to the locals. Then the plot kicks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer Raises Its IQ | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

There is a small start-up investment for purchasing the Crimson Cash equipment, as well as some maintenance fees, which might deter some businesses worried about their profit margins. HUDS officials declined to specify the prices...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Square Businesses To Accept Crimson Cash | 7/25/2003 | See Source »

...James Davis was the chair of the council's Juvenile Justice committee, and was known throughout the country as a tireless advocate for youth. In 1990, he founded the not-for-profit "'Love Yourself' Stop the Violence" to fight guns, drugs, teen pregnancy and delinquency. In 1994, he convinced Toys R Us to remove 'look-alike' toy guns from its shelves after a spate of incidents in which police officers thought children were bearing real weapons. He then turned his attention to MTV, asking that violent and sexually explicit music videos be restricted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Killing At City Hall | 7/23/2003 | See Source »

...produce the goods." Prendiville even considers he might have had a small part to play, admitting he encouraged Guerin to press charges against Gilligan after he beat her up when she questioned him about his drug connections. "Maybe that makes me guilty, too, but at least I didn't profit from it," he says. As celluloid incarnations, Guerin's editors show concern, suggesting she trade crime reporting for something less dangerous, like fashion or politics. In reality, though, some criticize the paper for not doing enough to discourage her. "She told me a year before she was killed that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking For The Facts Behind The Fable | 7/20/2003 | See Source »

Some did not even have a book. Shakia Gaither and Malak Yusuf, who had arrived at 12:30 p.m., were hoping for more than a signature. They hoped to woo Clinton to address the City School, a Dorchester-based non-profit organization that aims to instill the capacity for social leadership in local youth...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sen. Clinton Signs For Fans | 7/18/2003 | See Source »

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