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...affirmative action, the University has been forced to adopt an uncomfortable "wait and see" attitude...
About 100 students signed a petition asking the Cambridge City Council to adopt legislation which would prohibit the city from purchasing goods and services from corporations with investments in Burma. Such legislation has recently been adopted by the state of Massachusetts, according to a FBC press release...
Well, I would hope that most American voters are intelligent enough to reject the simple-minded Rush Limbaugh one-party-good-other-party-bad mentality. The history of the United States is the history of moderation and compromise, and if Clinton believes that it is necessary to adopt elements of the Republican's platform in order to produce the most effective and successful policies, then he deserves credit, and not scorn, from the voters...
...gene apparently confers an 85% risk of developing breast cancer and a 40%-to-60% risk of ovarian cancer, women who test positive may reduce that risk considerably, says Mark Skolnick, who led the team at Salt Lake City's Myriad Genetics that isolated the gene. He suggests they adopt a program that includes, among other things, exercise and a low-fat diet, and that they avoid doses of estrogen after menopause. Some go further, opting to have their ovaries removed or even choosing prophylactic mastectomies...
...Clinton, winning in '96 required reverting to the themes he'd pushed successfully in '92. He had to adopt everything the nation thought was good about Republicanism and then go further and paint the Republicans themselves, or at least the Gingrichites, as beyond the centrist pale. The Great Repositioning began with a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that debuted in the summer of 1995 in selected, midsize media markets--away from the national press corps' cynical gaze. The very first spot, aired on June 27, telegraphed the President's strategy: Clinton wouldn't be out-toughed. In that ad a solemn...