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...nation can abolish monarchy, as America did with zest in 1776. But it cannot so easily abolish the dynastic impulse. The American fascination with royalty shows itself most flagrantly in our obsession with the Kennedys, but familial succession permeates American political life. Look no further than the glamour races for election year 2000. The top two Republican candidates are the son of a former President and the wife of the party's last presidential candidate (joined at the top by the son of a famous plutocrat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Will Have a King over Us | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

...Demands 1. Abolish ROTC completely by breaking all existing ROTC contracts and not entering into any new ones. 2. Replace all ROTC scholarships with University scholarships. 3. Restore all scholarships to the Paine Hall demonstrators. 4. Roll back rents in Harvard University-owned buildings to the level of January 1, 1968. 5. No destruction of 182 Black and white workers' homes around the Medical School. 6. No destruction of University Road apartments for the construction of the Kennedy School...

Author: By Gaston DE Los reyes, | Title: University Hall, 1969, Is Revisited | 9/4/1999 | See Source »

LESLIE A. LUMMIS Independent, Guam Resume: Entrepreneur, manufacturer, homebuilder, author Relevant experience: Lieutenant, U.S. Naval Reserve Platform: Abolish taxes: "It would be like Christmas every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Kooky Kandidates | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...long as special interests dominate campaigns, they will dominate legislation as well," McCain said, pointing to the difficulty legislators have encountered when trying to reform programs like Social Security and Medicare where donors' interests are at stake. "Until we abolish soft money, Americans will never have a government that works as hard for them as it does for the special interests...

Author: By Joshua H. Simon, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Candidates Face Campaign Finance Issue | 7/2/1999 | See Source »

...long as special interests dominate campaigns, they will dominate legislation as well," McCain said, pointing to the difficulty legislators have encountered when trying to reform programs like Social Security and Medicare where donors' interests are at stake. "Until we abolish soft money, Americans will never have a government that works as hard for them as it does for the special interests...

Author: By Joshua H. Simon, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Candidates Tackle Campaign Reform | 7/2/1999 | See Source »

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