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...Gore '69. His primary job was to look attentive for all 77 minutes of the address, an especially difficult task given the circumstances. The president continually tested his resolve by rattling off a series of bland initiatives to tinker with the current budget. In all, Clinton forced Gore to applaud on 98 separate occasions, according to the New York Times. That means Gore had to clap for 1.27 proposals per minute...
...have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to be called "assistants" not "graders"--you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or reading about the "Xian myth...
...clues about how Rehnquist will run Clinton's trial drove it to No. 23 on Amazon.com's best-seller list and persuaded the publisher, William Morrow and Co., to reissue it next week in paperback. The book is painfully judicious in refusing to offer opinions but seems to applaud the acquittals of Chase and Johnson as victories for an independent judiciary and strong presidency...
...market for a device that reads words aloud from a typewritten page. The Quicktionary Reading Pen from Seiko Instruments reads both words and their definitions and fits in your pocket, but it can handle only one word at a time and demands a deft hand for precise scanning. Experts applaud the concept but caution that, like other technologies that counter dyslexia, it's no cure. At $275, it's no bargain either...
...applaud The Crimson's recognition that the impeachment hearings are the grind of a political machine rather than a fair or rational search for justice (Editorial, Dec. 14). By rejecting censure in favor of pushing for full impeachment the House Republicans have shown blatant disregard for the health of this nation and the will of the people. Polls show that 66 percent of Americans approve of the job that Clinton is doing. That is a much greater figure than Congress' 44 percent approval rating...