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...much energy calling on angry citizens to "put their prejudices and biases aside. We have racism in New York...We also have a vicious form of antipolice bias." The First Lady, who had already apologized for the murder remark, was more cautious in her reaction. She asked people "to strive for a better understanding of the incredible risk police face," and for police and citizens "to treat each other with mutual respect." Her remarks seemed to be aimed at avoiding further controversy, while Giuliani, who has been taking heat from this case for a year, was ready to keep taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York: Black and Blue | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

...important that we understand and accept that all societies and eras had flaws, just as in contemporary America there is much that does not accord with our highest principles. The best memorial to the sufferings of the past is not to tar history with a broad brush but to strive to understand the complex nature of the societies that perpetrated wrong...

Author: By Charles C. Desimone, | Title: EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK: A Place to Leave Up the Confederate Flag | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

Robert C. Chavez, a student at the Harvard Divinity School who attended last night's meeting, proposed that the campaign strive to involve a "coalition of interests," including student groups representing a variety of ethnicities...

Author: By John T. Witherspoon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Campaign Begins New Ethnic Studies Push | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...Resurrect Donovan's dark-eyed blue jean angel by dressing up in art nouveau. Revel in floral embroidery, ostentatious ornamentation, and sheer drapery. Strive for a turn-of-the-century cigar poster look. Mr. Marlboro, he daid, but carcinogenic divas rock on forever...

Author: By Candie EE Darling, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Tongue in Sheik | 2/17/2000 | See Source »

...little else to say about its one-time employee. "Whenever you have an organization that's over 200 people, there may well be people who are unhappy," says Anne Chism, assistant general manager of Harvard Student Agencies, which owns Let's Go. "That's not unusual. But we also strive to have one hundred percent of the people satisfied...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Lush Life at Let's Go | 2/3/2000 | See Source »

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