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Older Labour members also shudder, remembering one of the darkest hours in their party history. In 1976, when Harold Wilson resigned as Prime Minister, James Callaghan took his place. Two years later, ahead in the polls and apparently with every prospect of winning his own mandate, Callaghan unexpectedly shied away from calling elections. Early in 1979, he lost a confidence motion and was forced to go to the country. His opponent, Margaret Thatcher, led her Tory party to victory and to an unbroken 18 years in office...
...reaches beyond his trademark vision in “The Darjeeling Limited.” His fifth feature, which he authored alongside Jason Schwartzman and Roman Coppola, son of Francis Ford, is an oddly intense portrait of brotherhood and loss. It chronicles three siblings—played by Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Schwartzman—who embark on a Beatles-esque spiritual journey through India a year after their father’s death, having spent the intervening time estranged. Everything does not go as planned: after several strange mishaps, the brothers end up lost in the desert with...
...Moynihan report, I think, did not get a fair hearing. For that reason, we organized this conference today,” said Douglass S. Massey, president of the AAPSS. Massey organized the event with Sociology Department Chair Robert J. Sampson. The evening began with speaker James Q. Wilson, a former Harvard professor and Moynihan’s close friend, who said the deceased politician never assigned blame to individuals for the often high rates of poverty, unemployment, and incarceration in the black community. Instead, Moynihan saw slavery and persisting discrimination as the main culprits, Wilson said. Geyser University Professor William...
...what has become a hallmark of the Norries Wilson Era at Columbia, the Lions have been strong defensively, ranking second in the Ivies in scoring defense and total defense. But they’ve been susceptible against the run, including a 323-yard output by Fordham in their season opener. Their own tailback, Jordan Davis, is in the midst of a breakout season as a junior...
There have also been other high profile cases in which discrimination has seemed to play a role. In 2005, Shaquanda Cotton, a 16-year-old girl from Texas, was sentenced to serve up to seven years in prison for pushing a teacher’s aide. In Georgia, Genarlow Wilson, now 21, faces molestation charges from engaging in consensual sex with a 15-year-old girl when...