Word: activist
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Hillary Rodham Clinton, a successful attorney and children's rights activist, might be more palatable to Wellesley students. But it's important to remember that Clinton is only the object of national attention because her husband ran for president--and won. The First Lady shouldn't be a model for American women. Catapulted into fame and glory simply because of your marriage? That smacks of royalty. It's like marrying into superpower; wouldn't it be best to earn it all on your...
Stories like these will force the Clinton Administration to put Haiti near the top of its agenda. "The situation is being radicalized," says a young Haitian activist. "If these negotiations are another farce, God save us. The people will take to the streets." The Clinton team is probably safe from a crisis as long as Haitians believe Aristide might really be restored to power. But if he isn't, Haitian eyes will soon turn again toward the U.S. Leaning on a car door to listen to the new President's Inaugural Address on the radio, 10-year-old Reynold looked...
...seems that Radcliffe is the onedoing most of the accommodating. The college'sofficials are notoriously hard to pin down oncontroversial campus issues, a fact that has leftmany a female student activist dissatisfied...
...true, but ultimately that's just what the audience wants. Proof: this holiday season's movie- attendance figures. The big disappointments were all thematically adventurous: Leap of Faith (Steve Martin as an evangelist), Hoffa (Jack Nicholson as a labor leader), Malcolm X (Denzel Washington as a civil rights activist) and Toys (Robin Williams as . . . whatever...
...President's brother," said Atlantic Records head Ahmet Ertegun. "He can't just have talent," said Esquire editor David Hirshey. "He also has to be the President's brother." The man who signed him for Atlantic Records is Danny Goldberg, who is better known in Hollywood as a Democratic activist -- he organized the music industry's resistance to Tipper Gore's system of rating records -- than as Bonnie Raitt's co-manager...