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...Robin Hood's credo has never been guiding force in American public policy, but Jonathan Kozol, a writer who might be called the Robin Hood of education, has used the concept in his bestselling book Savage Inequalities and an emerging voice in political debates over education...
...Mary Worrell-Bousquette (Researchers) Bureaus: Martha Bardach, Sahm Doherty, Leny Heinen, Stanley Kayne, Glenn Mack, Barbara Nagelsmith, Anni Rubinger, Melanie Stephens, Simonetta Toraldo Photographers: Terry Ashe, P.F. Bentley, William Campbell, Greg Davis, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Kenneth Jarecke, Cynthia Johnson, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, Steve Liss, Christopher Morris, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Robert Nickelsberg, Chris Niedenthal, David Rubinger, Anthony Suau, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...
Last year Kevin Costner's Robin Hood won the release race against a competing movie about the Sherwood Forest hero, which was then downgraded to TV. Now two movies about Christopher Columbus are racing to the finish line, and a pair featuring Buddha are in the works. Seems like deja vu all over the place...
...national stereotyping weren't in enough danger, in early round-robin play of the tournament, the "Goon of the Games" award for most penalized player went not to a Canadian or an American but to Patrice Brasey of the usually docile Swiss. Brasey alone has spent almost as much time sulking in the penalty box as the entire U.S. team, which, for its part, was playing more politely than the traditionally sportsmanlike Czechs or Finns...
...jurors is this: What is a real Tyson courtship like? For a living -- oh, and a lavish one -- Tyson hurts people. What does he do for fun? According to tabloid tabulations, he has been cited as a pincher, threatener and "serial buttocks fondler" of women. His ex- wife, actress Robin Givens, accused him of brutality. His former friend, New York State Athletic Commission chairman Jose Torres, said Tyson boasted of all-night sexual marathons with two dozen prostitutes. The popular take on Tyson is that he sees women as nothing more than trophies, punching bags, meat; that for him, romance...