Unflattering stereotypes about our state have circulated for years. We take a look in the Garden State mirror to see if there’s an iota of truth to any of them.

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Tibetan leader to bring message of peace to Piscataway.With his large-rimmed glasses and crimson robe, Tenzin Gyatso hardly looks the part of contemporary rock star. But his Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, might well fill 41,000-seat Rutgers Stadium to capacity when he delivers a talk there this month on “Peace, War, and Reconciliation.”

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