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...Friday afternoon, as harsh winds swirl through the Square, three men and one woman sit close together in the shadow of Store 24, talking with Sandy Chang '01, a volunteer for the student group Faith and Service Together (FAST). The three are simply chatting and trying to stay warm...
...Rampart police station, in the shadow of downtown Los Angeles, is set in the middle of one of the city's toughest neighborhoods. It's a densely populated mix of Latino immigrants, Korean shopkeepers, down-on-their-luck drug addicts and gangs--lots of gangs. The 8-sq.-mi. area has 30 different youth gangs, with thousands of members among them, squaring off for turf...
...cheap thrill, the easy score, the fast women, the sugar daddies. On their final approach, they can already begin to make out the pale halo of the city's lights--lights that can be seen from outer orbit, against the dark face of a planet couched in the shadow of night. They make their way down to the strip and all around the city. They're greeted by a madman's dreamscape: castles made of sand, built with bags of mob money and later rebuilt with the bounties of multinational entertainment cartels. The scene is almost...
...shadow of Cultural Rhythms, it is time that Harvard does more than just host cultural talent shows. Showcasing the good of the cultures in the form of a talent show is a good start. But along with celebrating the best of what different cultures have to offer, we must also stand up and fight the worst of what each culture deals with. We cannot embrace the good, while dismissing the bad at the same time...
Lloyd's too is struggling mightily. It is a shadow of its former self, with estimated losses of nearly $200 million for 1998 and 1999 combined. Corporations now account for 80% of Lloyd's capital, leaving the Names to play only a minor role. But even with this corporate cash, Lloyd's capacity to write insurance is lower today than it was in 1990. Meanwhile, Lloyd's share of the worldwide insurance market has fallen from 10% at the beginning of the 20th century to less than 2% today. Even the insurer's name has been diminished. No longer...