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But this contention rests on very shaky ground. The NAACP fails to point out that 48 percent of the Texan prison population is black. In general, in certain parts of the United States, some groups sadly constitute a much higher proportion of the criminal population than of the general one...

Author: By Michael M. Rosen, | Title: Clearing the Underbrush | 12/2/1997 | See Source »

I was also surprised that Alex Herzlinger felt we had made "wild, unsupported statements about [Professor Herzlinger's] integrity." I would argue that it was just the reverse. Having heard that she was in fact a good person, we assumed that she had simply not been informed of the corporation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Herzlinger Protest Intended to Change Cardinal Health | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

Let's start with a little equation: WINTER=MAKEOVER. Dr. K doesn't care if you're a boy or girl; the drastic climate change calls for profound aesthetic alteration. Any makeover must begin with the right frame of mind--think to yourself, "Today I will look great and still...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEAR DR. KNOW | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

Mary Lou Lord says she's finally letting go of the apron strings. Her first full-length album, set to hit stores in late January, will feature a greater proportion of the folksy-yet-punky original material that has become a fixture at the subway stations where she plays. After...

Author: By Erika L. Guckenberger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Underground Songstress | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

Alleging U.S. domination of UNSCOM, Aziz intimated that Iraq had proposed to the U.N. that the crisis could be resolved via a new inspection team composed of representatives from Security Council countries (including the U.S.) in equal proportion ? while insisting that Iraq had nothing to hide on the chemical weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Charm Offensive | 11/13/1997 | See Source »

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