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...other hand, Li adds, some of the older students "have a good recollection of what happened during the Cultural Revolution. Those who have experienced it understand that the political enthusiasm and social concern of the masses can sometimes be used for vicious purposes...
...moves are prepared for, like the corporate and charitable ventures that have been Erving's off-season concern and will soon be his life. "I know everything will be different, but it should be. I've been gradually preparing myself. The athletic cycle doesn't have to be a vicious circle if you exercise some controls, sacrifice as much as you can for as long as you should...
...eight grim men seated around the defendants' table may have looked like a group of grandfathers, but to Chief Prosecutor Michael Chertoff, they were directors of the "largest and most vicious criminal business in the history of the United States." Last week twelve anonymous members of a federal jury in New York City seemed to agree. They convicted the eight men, among whom were the leaders of three of New York City's five Mob families, of running the Mafia as a criminal organization controlled by a powerful commission. Among its activities: murder, extortion and racketeering...
...morning, seeing the animal in a bowl that forms part of a still life her husband has arranged, the wife says, "If you could paint that -- that would be a picture." The remark is not intended in entire innocence; it opens what turns out to be a protracted and vicious domestic...
Basic education is also crucial, but with so many of America's inner-city schools in disarray, outside programs are often the key to childrens' academic success. "It's a vicious cycle," says Babette Edwards of the Harlem Tutorial and Referral Project. "Low standards, the lack of a rigorous, challenging curriculum is detrimental to kids." Her organization stresses basic reading and writing skills in individual and small-group after-school sessions...