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...book and the film series are a wake-up call to white America and black America, to the black middle class, saying, ‘We’ve come this far by faith,’ as the black spiritual goes, ‘but this is not far enough,’” Gates says. “And a wake-up call to America as a whole. Black poverty is costing us billions and billions of dollars in welfare, prison costs, the general cost of despair and that we need to do something systemic about...
...Princeton was definitely a wake-up call for us,” Corriero said. “It’s been inspirational for us because we know what’s going to happen when we have lapses—to have [Prinecton] in our memory...
...It’s kind of a wake-up call about a couple of things in my game that I have to be aware of [like] floating the ball on the backhand wall,” Broadbent said. “I have to make sure that ball gets deep—more of a punch ball rather than floating it where a good player like that will keep me toward the front court and then I’m put at a disadvantage already...
...It’s kind of a wake-up call about a couple of things in my game that I have to be aware of [like] floating the ball on the backhand wall,” Broadbent said. “I have to make sure that ball gets deep—more of a punch ball rather than floating it where a good player like that will keep me toward the front court and then I’m put at a disadvantage already...
...nobody knows what's going on over here, how bad it is." Those words nearly broke my heart. Not only are we not hearing much about the war in Afghanistan, but the news media have returned to celebrity stories like the Kobe Bryant rape case. If 9/11 was a wake-up call, I fear we are dozing off again. ISABELLE BELMAN Jericho...