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...have established permanent relationships with not just the boys of the town but their families as well. According to Ronnie Velasco, secretary of the Center for the Protection of Children in Pagsanjan, the wealthiest pederasts buy homes, businesses, automobiles and other expensive items for the boys' parents. Some even "adopt" boys and take them home to Europe or America...
Their first ceremony, held at the Cambridge City Hall, was rather small, says Bloom, but the two will be married again July 11 in a larger ceremony--after which they will both drop their current last names. The couple will adopt a neutral name and become Kevin and Alicia Thomas...
...exactly, does Clinton do that? The first step, a White House aide suggests, "is to adopt ((Louisiana Senator)) John Breaux's prescription." Breaux is trying to live up to the injunction of Clinton political adviser ) James Carville, who preaches that a lasting turnaround in Clinton's fortunes depends on rediscovering "what we're about." In other words, Clinton has to tack back to the center; he has to embrace, in law, the proposals that got him elected in the first place. Breaux understands the public's antipathy to taxes of any kind and, for openers, wants the President...
Clinton must abandon this thinking, and adopt instead an approach that is likely to advance America's interests. The best objection to "aggressive" trade policies is not that they may harm others (which they do) or that they undermine the multilateral process of trade liberalization that has served the world well for 40 years (which they also do); to emphasize such points can seem naive and unrealistic. The best objection is that such policies actually do the most harm, in the end, to the aggressor...
...students also urged Harvard to adopt a "Fair Employer Policy," to be set up by an elected committee of workers and faculty members. According to the demands, the policy should standardize contractor bidding procedures, promote worker participation in management decisions and include health insurance for the domestic partners of employees...