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World Peace: A slam-dunk for mankind

  March 13, 2012

The cries of “World Peace,’’ proclaimed by the announcers of Sunday’s Celtics-Lakers game were a welcome antidote to talk of nuclear weapons in Iran and murder in Afghanistan. And that’s probably what Ron Artest, the veteran Lakers forward who recently renamed himself Metta World Peace, had in mind: If basketball players are cast members in an on-court drama, why not use that moment on stage to send a positive message?

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