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...other way as reckless thrifts financed countless condominium blocks and office towers that now stand empty. Meanwhile, many questionable -- and sometimes criminal -- business practices were allowed to flourish. When bond salesmen for Keating's Lincoln Savings and Loan went to work, a memo advised them: "Always remember the weak, meek and ignorant are always good targets...
Wiletta is the black actress who realizes that she can no longer pretend to be satisfied with the entertainment industry, which limits Blacks to roles as meek slaves in Civil War productions. Trouble in Mind chronicles Wiletta's resolution to challenge the director and change a scene she believes is not faithful to the slave experience...
...annointed representatives of their family, their culture and their people, minority students at elite schools are often overprotective of their experience. For fear of saying the wrong thing, they say nothing at all. These are private matters, I am told, not to be discussed with strangers. To the meek who hold their image so dear, the story of Joe Razo--though compelling--is a messy tar-baby that is best left untouched. Still, I touch...
Dubbed by Lampoon editors the "lankiest comedian of all time," the 6'4" Cleese outdueled a meek Undergraduate Council Chair Guhan Subramanian '91-'92, wrestler Dwight Cooper '92 and several other local heroes in a mock battle for the dubious humor award...
...meek shall inherit the earth. In a rational universe, the Orioles (losers of 107 games last year) have no business nipping at the Blue Jays' heels. Aside from their lone star, indestructible shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., the O's represent an amalgam of rookies and major-league rejects. A typical lineup includes six players who have been released or traded cheaply by other teams. | Jeff Ballard, their junk-balling star pitcher, had a career record of 10-20 before this season. Cleanup hitter Mickey Tettleton never clubbed more than eleven homers in a year; in '89 he already...