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Mid-Michigan’s brainbasket
by Lawrence Cosentino

Up for a medium-boiled detective story? Here goes: “There are more than 650,000 stories in the rather largish city of Lansing.”
A far cry from the Big Apple’s double-digit millions, but still an impressive figure, considering that only 120,000 people actually live in Michigan’s capital.
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. . . in which we say hello, again
This is an introduction to City Pulse for residents of 15,000 households who will receive this issue of the weekly newspaper. We thought of asking our regular readers to just stand by while we explained ourselves to their new counterparts. But then we realized that we want readers who are familiar with City Pulse to serve as a reality check on us. Let us know if what we say here reflects what you think of City Pulse.
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Blacks fear surge in City Hall firings
At a Michigan State University conference in April 1999, the director of Lansing’s Human Relations and Community Services Department, Genice Rhodes-Reed, talked about the “Rhetoric and Reality” of anti-discrimination policies. Her edited volume, “Race in 21st Century America,” focused on the underrepresentation of minorities in higher-level occupations. According to the book, women held only 3 percent to 5 percent of senior level jobs at major corporations. Of these few women, a mere 5 percent
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LAAN’s Life Ride will raise funds, celebrate life
The Lansing Area AIDS Network’s 4th annual Life Ride is scheduled for July 19 -20. The registration deadline is July 5.
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