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...never touch the stuff. They are drawn by the more enticing lure of fast money. "They can make $1,000 a week dealing," says Blair Miller of the Adolescent Dual Diagnosis Unit in Detroit's Samaritan Health Center. "These kids have no other skills. It's very hard to resist." In some cities, the crack trade may be one of the bigger job programs for youngsters...
...real heroes of the fight against drugs are the teenagers who resist the ghetto's fast track -- who live at home, persevere in school and juggle their studies with a low-paying job. The wonder is that there are so many of them. "Most of our youngsters are not involved in crack," says Frances Pitts, chief judge of the juvenile courts in Wayne County, Mich. "Most aren't running around with guns. Most aren't killing people. Most are doing very well -- against great odds." These are the youngsters who fit Jesse Jackson's words: "You were born...
...speech, Goldberg did not concentrate on how men can work with other men to change their attitudes. Instead, he advised women about how they should resist sexual violence and how men can help them do so. Such a speech, while well-intentioned, was ill-considered and inappropriate...
...state attorney general's office was represented at the hearing and has presented a brief to the DPU taking issue with the new rates. Barrett said regulatory agencies such as the DPU tend to resist political pressure and that the agency is very autonomous with a powerful chairman...
...resist telling you a little joke. It's kind of cynical--very cynical in a matter of fact--about the Middle East...