Word: sonly
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Born in London in 1948 with the name Stephen D. Georgiou, Islam changed his name to Cat Stevens before he released Mathew & Son in 1966, the first of several popular albums. He is best known for his 1970 album, Tea for the Tillerman, which included the hits "Wild World" and "Father and Son...
...tricky balancing act, however. African-American parents want to prepare their kids but don't want them growing up thinking all cops are out to get them. Joyce Randall, a minister at First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, tells her sons that police officers have a dangerous job. "The way you dress, your attitude, it all matters," she instructs them. "Police must be very, very careful. So if you are doing what you're supposed to do, chances are you're going to be on your way." Still, tragic events like the Diallo killing--along with alarming scandals...
Those were Larry Dais' thoughts exactly. Like many African-American parents, Dais, an assistant vice president at Columbia University, was worried about the safety of his two sons. He gave them each the "police speech" when they got their learner's driving permits: If you get pulled over at night, turn on the interior light. Put your hands on the steering wheel. Don't make any sudden moves. "My younger son's initial response was, 'Why do I have to do that?'" says Dais. "But now he understands." Last summer Landon, then 17, was stopped while driving his father...
...repose is a cool star; Li in action is a hot one. In The New Legend of Shaolin, he fights off a dozen attackers with his infant son strapped to his back. His martial poses have classic beauty and power. His spin-kicks flout all laws of physics; there's nothing like Jet Li in a foot fight. His best Hong Kong movies (such as Fong Sai Yuk and My Father Is Hero) offer buoyant, daredevil action comedy of the kind no other national cinema even tries to touch...
...Monday applied for a U.S. visa, lawyers representing the Florida family have been engaging in some tricky footwork. Last Friday, Miami family attorneys Manny Diaz and Kendall Coffey insisted, separately, that the father would not be given custody of Elian, and would be allowed only supervised visits with his son. Although attorneys Linda Osberg-Braun and Spencer Eig later modified this position - saying, respectively, that the family hadn?t yet decided on the custody issue, and that they wouldn?t stand in the way of the INS if the agency came to collect the boy - lawyers and political supporters...