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...involve violence. Their position undermines the legal system - society would collapse if everyone applied this principle for his own social grievance. And it is difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish between "nonviolent" and "violent" drug offenses. The seeds of violence - shattered lives, shattered bodies, broken homes - are sown every time illegal drugs "peacefully" pass from hand to hand. We indeed need a new script for the next act in the war on drugs. But we need people other than The Wire's creators to write it for us. John Hickey, New York City...
...culture of Bonnie Fuller’s weekly feature, “Stars—They’re Just like US!” showing Ben Affleck pumping gas and Kate Hudson at supermarket. Within a month of Britney’s Super Bowl commercial, the seeds were sown for our collective consumption of her downward spiral. “The genius of Bonnie Fuller’s new approach was that almost any picture of a celebrity doing something ordinary would do,” the article says. Goodbye privacy, goodbye solipsism...
Outside the Obama home, calves are grazing on the thick green grass that grows here in one of Kenya's most fertile regions. Plowed fields stand ready to be sown with maize. And scrawny chickens peck for grubs in the shade of mango trees. Inside, Granny Sarah's simple sitting room is plastered with black-and-white photographs of Obama Senior - the stepson she raised as her own - alongside Obama Junior's campaign posters...
...remained in print since its release, Alford admits that the dramatization of Haley's novel had burned many out on the subject. "No sour grapes," Alford told TIME, acknowledging that Roots absorbed much of the day's attention on black history subjects. "But the seeds had been sown for that year...
...from these humble beginnings came her design label Graey. Using couture techniques to make high-end T-shirts, her designs revolve around cleverly placed cut-outs into which a soft lace embroidery of thick-gauge is sown, creating a look that is not only marketable and sophisticated in its sexiness, but also unique in the larger scope of designer tees...