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...America that our current political demands are unfounded and unnecessary. According to a 2001 Gallup poll, despite the statistical inequalities, more than 70 percent of whites believe that blacks are treated equally in their communities. Thus it is now impossible to rely on the empathy of liberal whites to stave off the de facto genocide of the black underclass. We can no longer play the politics of sentimentalism with tactics better suited to the abolitionist movement than a globalized world. It is imperative in this year 2004 that the black elite spend less time enjoying their status and instead devote...

Author: By Brandon M. Terry, | Title: Responsibility and the New Racial Divide | 2/3/2004 | See Source »

MEGADOSE VITAMINS Doctors knew vitamins E and C, both antioxidants, help stave off Alzheimer's, at least in folks who haven't already developed the disorder. What they didn't know--but a big study involving 4,740 participants published in the Archives of Neurology showed--was that the two vitamins taken together in huge daily doses (at least 400 IU of E and more than 500 mg of C) could reduce the risk of Alzheimer's a remarkable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Hope for Alzheimer's | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

...suspects sought by Turkey in connection with the November Istanbul blasts. And French police rounded up four people accused of assisting an al-Qaeda operative last year as he passed through France on his way to London. Are police methodically rolling up terrorist networks--or frantically trying to stave off a suspected holiday attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High-Alert Holidays | 12/22/2003 | See Source »

...stellar goaltending of sophomore Ali Boe, the Crimson (12-0-1) extended its unbeaten streak to 13 games, posting a convincing 7-2 victory over No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth (9-6-1) Saturday night after coming from behind to stave off the defending national champions 2-2 on Friday...

Author: By David H. Stearns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Revenge | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...Responsibility” aren’t quite hacking it on the airwaves. I’m not saying they have to lower themselves, but sophisticated policy needs to be packaged with a command of language. Democrats could propose a “Fair Districting Act” to stave off Tom DeLay’s gerrymandering program, or an “Anti-Misinformation Law” to keep the Pentagon from resuming its absurd project to deliberately mislead foreign journalists, or a “Corporate Patriotism” bill to close the loophole that lets companies avoid...

Author: By Peter P.M. Buttigieg, | Title: The Struggle for Language | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

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