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...forget the promises Clinton made to homosexual activist groups when he promised to allow gays to freely and openly serve in the military. After election, in typical Clintonesque indecisiveness, he pronounced his "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Clinton didn't come to a compromise where everybody got a little of what they wanted; rather, all Clinton's policy aimed to do was make sure that more mainstream America did not object to harshly while simultaneously telling liberals that he had attacked the problem. In reality, he broke his promise to homosexuals and did nothing to solve the conflict...
Standing in front of the lecture table in Science Center B last night in a red plaid shirt, jeans and a baseball cap, filmmaker and political activist Michael Moore talked to about 400 students about topics ranging from his views on the upcoming election to corporate downsizing...
...poverty. The setup was apparently designed to ensure that the foreign donors' names would not appear on D.N.C. lists. A woman named Man Ya Shih, who is connected with a branch of the temple in Texas, told reporters that she was approached at the fund raiser by a "Democratic activist" who gave her $5,000 in small bills and asked her to write a check for that amount to the D.N.C. Last week the committee offered to reimburse the temple $15,000 for holding the fund raiser. But the party said it intended to keep...
...Versailles Restaurant, the core group plans strategy and prepares appeals, which are sent by way of private notes to Clinton's top political aides. "When an issue comes up, we try to get a consensus and present a united front," says core-group member Simon Ferro, a Miami Democratic activist...
HAROLD ROSEN, 81; LOUISVILLE, KY.; crime-prevention activist A former real estate executive, Rosen in 1986 founded pro-power, a volunteer group of fellow retirees who act as consultants to more than 200 nonprofit agencies. Since 1993 he has focused its efforts on Project KidCare, a national child- photo-identification program targeted at parents to prevent and aid in missing-children cases. Says Rosen: "I'm a father, grandfather and great-grandfather, so children's safety is close to my heart...