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...buzz has turned. The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People have become quite concerned that 40 of those 43 arrested were African-American. That represents about 12 percent of Tulia's tiny black minority. Critics are also troubled by the stiff sentences handed down by predominantly white juries (a white man with close ties to the black community received more than 300 years; a young black man received 20 years for selling just an eighth of an ounce of cocaine). On top of it all, the white undercover agent who conducted...
...matter who wins, the next president will not be our most charismatic leader. Gore is still struggling with his image as a stiff Washington insider, and Bush was unable to conjure up a sufficiently presidential expression even when responding to allegations that he had gloated over the executions in his state. But from these past three debates Americans should be able to make their decision based not simply on image, but also on substance. In this final debate Gore had the latter in spades...
...from the adults in the black and gray street who have been reduced to figures out of Munch's "Scream"-both elongated and hunched with hollow eyes. Shortly after the burial of her father, a railroad clerk, Neel painted "Dead Father" (1946): a gentle-looking man, slightly too stiff to be asleep, lies in the bed of his coffin...
...crowd was extremely appreciative and from then, the band just got livelier. Malone continued thrilling the crowd with his flexible runs and providing an interesting contrast to Green's slightly stiff playing. Yet, the overall performance of the trio was satisfyingly intimate, having had the trio up close and personal with the audience...
Cornell's air attack figures to be a stiff test for Harvard's struggling pass defense...