Word: closed
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Association for the Advancement of Colored People have become quite concerned that 40 of those 43 arrested were African-American. That represents about 12 percent of Tulia's tiny black minority. Critics are also troubled by the stiff sentences handed down by predominantly white juries (a white man with close ties to the black community received more than 300 years; a young black man received 20 years for selling just an eighth of an ounce of cocaine). On top of it all, the white undercover agent who conducted the sting has a shady past that includes accusations of theft...
...average four-year private college raised its tuition an average of 5.2 percent last year, close to double the increase at Harvard, according to a College Board study released Monday...
...Harvard men's soccer team remained in contention for an NCAA tournament berth yesterday. But the score shouldn't have been so close...
...mistakes. There were no disastrous gaffes. And everyone involved in the campaign wants to keep it that way. Look for Bush to hammer away on smaller government, laissez-faire policies and personal accountability. The key for Bush? Avoiding unscripted moments: The Bush entourage will play these last weeks very close to the vest, answering only pre-approved questions and carefully controlling their candidate's exposure...
...pretty close call," he said. "If you didn't respond within two days, they gave your spot to someone else...