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The king and I

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A young American journalist was invited to a private dinner with King Hussein after conducting an interview in 1978. The Jordanian monarch, who was in between wives at that time, showed a side of his personality that was never revealed in public during the course of that evening's conversation.

Author: Fremon, Celeste
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1999
Behavior, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Kings and rulers, Kings, Jordan, Journalists, Heads of state, Hussein, King of Jordan, Fremon, Celeste

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Tough love

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Mothers in the poorest part of East Los Angeles have united to save their children's lives. Rival street gangs have been at war and the mothers have been spurred to action to stop the violence with the death of several young boys. The women's activism is rooted in liberation theology.

Author: Fremon, Celeste
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1996
Personal narratives, Appreciation, Public participation, Mothers and sons, Mother-son relations, Crime prevention, Citizens' associations, Liberation theology

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No exit

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The American drug culture takes advantage of human frailty, desire and fate to turn many an ordinary person into a user. Drugs have been turned into identity markers that segregate the people of American communities from the rest of the world.

Author: Simon, David, Burns, Edward
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1997
Analysis, Drugs, Social psychology

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