The jury will hear evidence about an incident that has been widely viewed as one of the most serious racial encounters in New York City in years.

Aggressive Questioning The attack, one of the most explosive racial encounters in New York City in recent years, set off a long and bitter public controversy over race relations.

The incident has been widely viewed as one of the most serious racial encounters in New York City in years.

Mr. Grimes was one of three black men attacked by a group of white teen-agers in the most serious racial encounter in New York City in years.

The trial, involving what has been widely viewed as one of the most serious racial encounters in the city in years, started Sept. 8 and is expected to go several more weeks.

What one misses is the humanizing friction within the racial encounter that raises, for instance, Fugard's " 'Master Harold' . . . and the Boys" to the level of high art.

The third stage is a time when a person (often in response to racial encounter) takes on all the identifying elements of his/her race.

In a Rapid Monotone The incident was one of the most serious racial encounters in the city in years.

They had remained free on bail while appealing their convictions in one of the most serious racial encounters in New York City in recent years.

Peremptory Challenges Curbed The defense lawyers say the incident was not a racial encounter but a confrontation between two groups in which the blacks had been aggressive.