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...language of reform, their real objective is to undercut their opponent's fund-raising advantages while protecting their own. Since Republicans raise more money from private contributors, they resist spending limits on congressional campaigns. Because Democrats get more cash from political-action committees, they oppose G.O.P. efforts to abolish PACs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For The Love of Money | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

...suggesting that we abolish spring formals. All you hand-fondling, back-massaging, emotionally adjusted gaze-into-each-other's-eyes couples--please, go spend lots of money and dance to music I can't comprehend. But please don't invite me when you know I can't get a date and then act surprised when you find out that I already know what courses I'm taking next fall...

Author: By William H. Bachman, | Title: 'Don't Remind Me' | 4/28/1990 | See Source »

Many faculty members and college administrators disagree, and are making the going rough for fraternities and sororities. Last fall the faculty at Bucknell University voted to abolish all such clubs, blaming them for promoting "racism, sexism, elitism and anti-intellectualism." Bowdoin and Wesleyan are pressuring their fraternities to go coed or face possible sanctions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Waging War on the Greeks | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

...point is not to abolish federal insurance altogether, but to rethink its purpose and scope in light of changed conditions," Robb said...

Author: By Roderick A. Scheer, | Title: Robb Says Democrats Must Rethink Spending | 4/11/1990 | See Source »

...penalty constitutional in 1976. And it will do so at the very moment that the death penalty has become a hot campaign issue around the U.S. "There is almost a mob attitude in California, a frenzy being fed by politicians," frets Robert Bryan, chairman of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. "It's sure to increase public pressure throughout the country for the death penalty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics of Life and Death | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

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