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...criminals, focusing on D'Angelo Barksdale (Larry Gilliard Jr.), a midlevel captain who wants to rise in his organization but questions its pointless violence. The two men are enemies, yet both, says Simon, are "middle managers ... in a world where everybody's working for Enron. Whatever you commit to as an institution bigger than yourself, in the modern world, it will...
...means a one-sided tale. We, the athletes, are equally to blame for the “dumb jock” phenomenon. I have witnessed more than a handful of athletes all too ready to adopt the persona. Sadly, we are an introverted community and do not commit ourselves completely to dispelling the stereotype. The “dumb jock” persona is easy to adopt—it gives the illusion of identity and those outside the athletic community will grant it to you willingly. But in the end the “dumb jock” graduates...
...George Mitchell is a softly-spoken and patient man, widely respected in the U.S. Senate,” Major wrote in his autobiography. “He was well placed to persuade the [terrorists] to give up violence for good, and to commit themselves to the process of democracy...
...It’s so important for Americans to know that the traffic in drugs finances the work of terror, sustaining terrorists, that terrorists use drug profits to fund their cells to commit acts of murder,” Bush said earlier this year. “If you quit drugs, you join the fight against terror in America...
...group consist[ing] mainly of pacifists,” Drake told The Crimson at the time, “but as a group it hasn’t decided whether to commit itself to pacifism, or just support other projects conducive to peace...