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...alcoholic mother; John Lithgow (Terms of Endearment) plays Shaun’s disapproving and unaffectionate father; and Lily Tomlin (Tea With Mussolini) plays the incompetent guidance counselor. And these are just a few of the esteemed names that grace the supporting cast. Jack Black (Shallow Hal) is an absolute riot as Lance, Shaun’s deadbeat but caring brother, and Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters) gives a memorable performance as the Stanford admissions officer who has an accidental run-in with a dose of ecstasy...

Author: By Richard Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Colin's Juicy New Role | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

During the Crown Heights riot of 1991, Sharpton went to Israel to track down the Hasidic Jewish man responsible for killing a black child in an accidental car crash. The Israel trip and several alleged anti-Semitic comments strained his relationship with the Jewish community...

Author: By Robert M. Annis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ogletree Defends West’s Political Involvement | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

...city is now negotiating settlement of a racial-profiling suit against the police, filed before the riot. A proposal for new policies and procedures is expected early next year. The cops are also considering changes based on an analysis by the Justice Department. Among the areas under review: training, record keeping and use of force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Uneasy Calm In A Troubled City | 12/31/2001 | See Source »

...only respite from this room are his trips to the antigraft court, the Sandiganbayan, which he decries as "a waste of money. The cars, the helicopters, the riot squad, it costs too much." But he has no choice as he presses himself into a black, bulletproof Toyota Land Cruiser with his lawyers. On Commonwealth Avenue his jeep passes graffiti sprayed on the meridian: FREE ERAP, POLITICAL PRISONER; and then swings into the guarded parking lot behind the building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Estrada on Ice | 12/31/2001 | See Source »

Just west of the A-la Shan Plain, some 700 km from Hohhot, the Helan Shan range rises to 3,600 m, and the landscape suddenly blooms with a stunning array of alpine trees, grasses and flowers?an almost overwhelming riot of color for eyes accustomed to the dun of the desert. A new Buddhist temple nestles just below the summit. The Tibetan-style structure, painted in dazzling primary colors, was built to replace the previous temple, which was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Solitude and Sand, Try Inner Mongolia | 12/19/2001 | See Source »

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