Word: wrongfully
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...Diallo and Patrick Dorismond by undercover cops in New York City have raised an outcry against brutal police tactics and racial profiling. But they have also sent a warning into the homes of ordinary families, who are increasingly taking steps to make sure their kids don't do the wrong thing when they come face to face with the police. Says Quartimon: "Today you can't take anything for granted...
...cops say they mistook Diallo's wallet for a gun. Other parents restrict their kids' clothing. New York City police detective Clifton Hollingsworth won't let his sons wear hip street fashions. No backward baseball caps or pants drooping down below their waist, because such clothing can send the wrong signals to police. "It's important that families do as much as they can to help prevent their children from getting stopped, frisked or killed," says Kenneth Meeks, author of Driving While Black, a book about racial profiling that is to be published in May by Broadway Books...
...someday they will. Until then, though, we're still dealing with promises. If you're convinced that promises will become profits, by all means invest. But be smart about it. Buy a basket of biotechs, and limit your exposure to 5% of your total portfolio. Don't get me wrong, I'm rooting hard for this important industry--almost as hard as I'm rooting for my money. See time.com/personal for more on biotech stocks. E-mail Dan at kadlec@time.com See him Tuesday on CNNfn...
...breakdown Saturday of antitrust negotiations between federal officials and Microsoft turned Monday into a rough day for MSFT. The stock has been swinging wildly over the past few weeks, rising on rumors of a settlement, diving when talks appeared stalled. And now those talks are dead. What went wrong? It's hard to tell. Some accounts say that Microsoft balked at the DOJ's demand that it unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows, while other sources insist that Gates & Co. were perfectly willing to do so. And quite a few fingers (especially ones based in Redmond) are pointing at the attorneys...
...hungry for respect. (It rankles, for instance, that American businessman Craig McCaw, one of his principal partners in the satellite venture, has never come to India.) "People used to think that only the large billion-dollar companies from the U.S. could succeed here," he says. "We have proved that wrong." And Chandra thinks there's an audience for Indian programming in the U.S. He won't give out particulars, but he does mention a hookup with Nickelodeon. There are more deals coming. From up there, the view is endless...