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...caller reported a suspicious person following her and making lewd gestures in the Widener Library stacks. Officers searched the building but were unable to find the suspect...
...terrible as racial profiling is, it can't be abolished as easily as critics like Al Sharpton seem to think. The sad truth is that racist cops are not the only ones who think that young black men are suspect, especially when they're dressed in a certain way and exude a certain attitude. Black cops believe it. Jesse Jackson--who once confessed that he felt relieved when the young man coming up behind him on a dark street in Washington turned out to be Caucasian--believes it. And so do I. Given the large number of violent crimes committed...
...practical treatment. According to scientists at UCLA and the University of Pittsburgh, the unsightly flab many of us lug around is a previously unsuspected source of stem cells, a remarkably versatile class of cells that can in principle be transformed into a variety of body tissues. Researchers already suspect that stem cells found in fetuses and in the bone marrow and brains of adults might one day be used to repair hearts, livers and other organs...
...Tehran meeting, at the very least, will make it still harder for Arafat and Sharon to find any way to put an end to the violence. After all, it will be a conclave of leaders who suspect Arafat of wanting to find a face-saving way to end the intifadeh by pushing Sharon into an attack - which in turn would claim a large number of Palestinian lives and thus prompt international intervention to separate the two sides, something Israel opposes. But even if Hizballah and Hamas don't bury the hatchet, their knives are still out for Israel...
...result of all this is a request on behalf of the audiences of my nation to the performers of yours: Do not let us in. In the end, I suspect it will be better for all concerned. And, while I will regret my own banishment from the playhouses, I will retain the bittersweet satisfaction of no longer needing to be ashamed of my country’s entitlement, rudeness and general ignorance in matters of etiquette and good theatrical taste. If you bar us from your theaters, perhaps you will be able to practice your art in peace. Perhaps, instead...