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Dates: during 1990-1999
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QUOTE OF NOTE: "The current legal immigration system is indefensible. We just can't admit everyone who wants to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: TEXAS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...really a hockey movie," he said. "I'm not sure too many guys will admit liking that movie...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Reel-Time Skating: Great Stick Flicks | 11/2/1996 | See Source »

...must admit, the article appearing in the Oct. 19 opinion page titled "Clinton's Politicking Is Sincere," by Tom Cotton, was quite a refreshing change from the recent attacks on Clinton's character, for never have I heard anyone try to defend the president as "sincere." And for good reason. Just to check that I had understood this seemingly incoherent thought, I consulted my Webster's dictionary only to affirm my initial confusion. Sincere--"utterly honest and genuine." If Bill Clinton is "utterly honest and genuine," then his "politicking" truly has brainwashed America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clinton Is Far From Sincere | 11/1/1996 | See Source »

...have to admit that it did not strike me as that big a deal at first. As I was sitting in the Kirkland House Dining Hall, one of the heads of Room 13, a campus peer counseling service, approached me to complain about a column in Fifteen Minutes titled "Prank Files." She explained that the author of this column, William L. Kirtley '97, had prank-called Room 13, telling the counselor there that he was depressed over Harvard's fall to number three in the U.S. News and World Report rankings...

Author: By Shawn Zeller, | Title: READER REPRESENTATIVE | 11/1/1996 | See Source »

Essentially, this appears to be a classic case of irresponsibility on the part of Peninsula, the author of the Peninsula piece and those who tacked up the swastika. The active members of Peninsula need to muster the courage to admit to themselves and the campus just how small and isolated their organization is, and their less-active members need to have the courage to either disavow themselves entirely or else take responsibility for the actions of their colleagues. By the same token, those who disagree with Peninsula must enter the discourse in a constructive manner and not hide behind anonymous...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Peninsula's Rant: Staff Culpable, Swastika Harmful | 10/29/1996 | See Source »

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