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...full extent of the crime. Apprehension rates for shoplifting are low, and store owners turn over only 24% of the perpetrators they catch, according to a 2001 University of Florida survey sponsored by the retail industry. Teens, who constitute about a quarter of shoplifters, often steal on a dare or in groups. Adults are more likely to steal alone and for more complex reasons. For them, shoplifting can become a habit they find increasingly difficult to break...
Free speech for students of Middle Eastern descent has fared little better. This is especially true for those who dare to raise their voices on politically controversial issues. Only five months ago, a Harvard graduating senior, Zayed M. Yasin ’02, was slated as one of the commencement speakers. Due to pressure from students and others, he had to remove the word “jihad” from the title of his speech. Approved by the University, the speech was intended to reclaim the true meaning of the word “jihad?...
...peaceful resolution” in North Korea. Before news of North Korea, Bush warned that “our security requires that we confront both [terror cells and outlaw regimes], and the United States military is capable of confronting both.” The administration does not dare mention the military in reference to North Korea today, instead calling for work through “diplomatic channels at this point, in consultation with our friends and allies, others who have a stake in what is going...
...Betel-Nut Beauties Dare to Bare By BRYAN WALSH
...understatement of the year, an “over-the-top fiery food challenge.” Boston culinary legend Chris Schlesinger, owner of the East Coast Grill and winner of the 1996 James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Northeast, created Hell Night on a dare, when customers taunted him that his food “wasn’t really that hot.” Over the years it’s evolved into a three-day orgy of inimitable flavor...