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...from the world around them, journalism becomes an outlet for their disaffection. This may explain why so many who write for The Crimson do not fit the traditional Harvard mold. It is safe to say that if the late President Lowell looked around the newsroom, he would be slightly aghast...
...testimony about Monica Lewinsky in the Paula Jones case. Most experts considered the move to disbar harsh, but considering half the panel recused themselves last week because of ties to Bill, a high-profile penalty is maybe not too surprising from the half that was left. Clinton was predictably aghast, and though such a busy president will let his lawyers handle the vigorous appeal to the circuit court, there's always time for Tom Brokaw. "It's not right," he told the NBC Nightly News anchor Monday. "My lawyers looked at all the precedents and they said there...
Road-tripping Americans are standing aghast at the pump: Why, they are thinking, after all that high-level OPEC maneuvering, are gas prices back on the upswing? That's a good question, and if you know the answer, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson will take your call right now. In March, when OPEC increased daily oil output by 1.7 million barrels, the car-driving public - and the Clinton administration officials, wary of a cranky electorate - breathed a sigh of relief; by the time we set out on our summer vacations, analysts assured us, gas prices will have settled into...
Before the bill reached the Governor's desk, however, Texas judges, aghast that they might lose the valuable (and perhaps profitable) ability to choose the lawyers themselves, used their full political influence to get the bill killed. As a result of the judges' lobbying efforts, many members of the legislature, including one of the bill's original co-sponsors, feigned ignorance of the bill's provisions and dropped their support for the measure. Bush agreeably followed with a veto, saying that the changes were too "drastic" and judges were "better able to assess the quality of legal representation" than county...
They look aghast at that suggestion. They tell me that the analysis and the surveys and the focus groups have become the most important part of the process. In fact, they're thinking that next time around we may be able to skip the voting altogether...