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`The Wire’ Showed No Options for Men

Since HBO network’s acclaimed series “The Wire” ended last month, I have had a lingering complaint: Why was the show never nominated for an Emmy?

This oversight is puzzling in light of season four’s story line surrounding four black teenage boys who struggle to stay in middle school while enduring the insults and temptations of a neglected, crime-ridden Baltimore neighborhood.

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