Word: powers
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...enough for leaders to question the competence of the prosecution, or to call for a Justice Department investigation, or even to empathize with outraged citizens," the statement reads. "This is also a moment for leaders to teach Americans about the continuing power of color in the lives of average people. We share the somber view of many that had Diallo been a European immigrant in a white neighborhood, he would be alive and unharmed today...
...happened: Crowley spotted Roger Ebert. "You're going to show it to me right now?" Ebert, still in his coat, asked as two of the aliens thrust speakers on either side of his face. They started the trailer, but Ebert was far more concerned with the dwindling battery power of the digital camera he was using to record this spectacle for his own website. Finally, mercifully, the trailer ended. Ebert congratulated the happy aliens, who spent the next 15 minutes beaming. "This is a new high," Ebert said under his breath as he walked away...
...Pope's apology is deeper and more permanent than the caviling. For this reason: an apology must be made with a good heart. It must also be received with a good heart. Only such reciprocity can set in motion the dynamic of apology and forgiveness and transcendence: a powerful, liberating force for all concerned. (Consider the evil power of the opposite dynamic--hatred, revenge and the bloody shirt, the Balkan way of transmitting rage from one generation to the next...
...they might also be one of the last. The Fisher deal is a vindication of the Internet's starmaking power, but it is also a sign that the recording industry is getting hip to the techie start-ups it once feared. So far the labels have been slow to respond to the challenges presented by companies like MP3.com which have flourished because of their immense selection of songs and tech expertise that old-media record labels can't match. Now even bigger threats are coming from the second generation of MP3 sites, like the 10-month-old Napster.com founded...
...with Israel. Chances of an early breakthrough may be diminished by Israel's Lebanon withdrawal - which deprives Syria, with its substantial military control over Lebanon, of a key bargaining chip - as well as by Bill Clinton's imminent departure from the Oval Office. Despite the dangers created by a power vacuum in southern Lebanon, both Israel and Syria are likely to be careful to keep any escalation of hostilities within manageable limits. "Assad appears uninterested in peace on the terms Israel has offered," says Beyer. "But that doesn't mean he wants a war, and he'll work as hard...