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...Islam down." Rahman also said that the West has misinterpreted the Islamic term jihad as terrorism. "Self-defense is legal in all religions. People who are defending their lands are called terrorists. Of course, this interpretation is useful to the West. It legitimizes attacks against any country in the Third World...
...done anywhere else in the country, faster than any cultural or demographic trend could explain. For two years, crime has declined in all 76 precincts. Murder is down 39%, auto theft 35%. Robberies are off by a third, burglaries by a quarter. No wonder Comstat has become the Lourdes of policing, drawing pilgrim cops from around the world--Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Zimbabwe, Taiwan--for a taste of New York's magic...
...fanciful tar and nicotine levels printed on cigarette packs. Through it all, though, one franchise stays strong: Marlboro. The brand accounts for 30% of the world cigarette market. It also anchors a lucrative mail business peddling burly outdoor gear--pocket knives, flashlights, Weber grills and every form of jacket--with the familiar logo. "If we were a mail-order company like L.L. Bean," says Ellen Merlo, a Philip Morris executive, "we'd be the third largest in the country...
...would be inconsistent with [Harvard's] purpose to set aside space for racial, ethnic and cultural groups," Epps said at the time. "Third-world or multicultural centers promote racial separation...
...Some of these groups that are actively supporting us that have signed the petition are, for instance, [Harvard-Radcliffe] Hillel and the Irish Historical and Cultural Society--groups that aren't necessarily considered third-world," he said...