Pubdate: Mon, 14 Apr 2003
Source: Time Magazine (US)
Issue: April 14, 2003
Copyright: 2003 Time Inc
Contact:  http://www.time.com/time/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/451
Author: Melissa August, Elizabeth L. Bland, Kate Novack, Deirdre Van Dyk 
And Rebecca Winters
Note: Second paragraph pertinent to drug policy.  Title by MAP Editor.

TULIA RECOMMENDATIONS

Notebook:  Milestones

APPOINTED. ELENA KAGAN, 42, as first woman dean of Harvard Law School; in 
Cambridge, Mass. A teacher at Harvard since 1999, Kagan also served as a 
clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and as a White House aide 
to President Bill Clinton.

RECOMMENDED. That DRUG CONVICTIONS of 38 people, almost all black, be 
overturned; in Tulia, Texas. After hearings that raised doubts about the 
uncorroborated testimony of a white undercover officer, Thomas Coleman - 
who bragged to the press about pulling suspects from their beds in July 
1999--a judge strongly urged that all charges be dropped. A final 
determination will be made by a higher court. Coleman no longer works in 
law enforcement.

DIED. LESLIE CHEUNG, 46, smoldering, pansexual icon of Chinese films and 
music; a suicide, having jumped from a hotel terrace; in Hong Kong. Though 
best known to American audiences as the tragic artist in Farewell My 
Concubine, he also played the soft naif (A Better Tomorrow), the wily 
warrior (The Bride with White Hair) and the demon romancer (Happy 
Together). Early death has assured his standing as the great tragic male 
diva of the late 20th century.

DIED. MICHAEL JETER, 50, mousy but endearing Tony and Emmy award - winning 
actor; of undetermined causes; at his home in Los Angeles. Kids knew him as 
the Other Mr. Noodle on Sesame Street, while adult TV viewers remember him 
best as the wimpy assistant football coach on Evening Shade. He won the 
Tony for his portrayal of a dying clerk in the 1990 musical Grand Hotel.

DIED. EDWIN STARR, 61, burly Motown soul singer; of a heart attack; at his 
home in Nottingham, England. The Nashville native gained fame with hits 
such as Agent Double-O Soul, but will be best remembered for his 
Grammy-winning 1970 hit War, which included the lyrics "War, what is it 
good for?/Absolutely nothing."

DIED. LUCIAN ADAMS, 80, World War II hero; in San Antonio, Texas. As a U.S. 
Army sergeant whose company had been wiped out in France, Adams 
single-handedly charged forward to kill nine Germans, eliminate three 
machine guns and reopen a severed supply line to an isolated American 
battalion - for which he won the Medal of Honor. Later, as a benefits 
counselor for the Veterans Administration, he never mentioned that he had 
been in combat.

DIED. RUSTY DRAPER, 80, country singer of the 1950s and '60s, responsible 
for such million sellers as Gambler's Guitar and The Shifting, Whispering 
Sands; of pneumonia; in Bellevue, Wash.

DIED. ARTHUR GUYTON, 83, eminent cardiovascular physiologist; of injuries 
suffered in an automobile accident; in Jackson, Miss. While recovering from 
polio in 1947, he invented a special leg brace and an electric wheelchair. 
Later he wrote The Textbook of Medical Physiology, first published in 1956 
and a best seller ever since.
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