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...applaud the dean's office for officially recognizing the problem of irresponsible student treasurers; however, embezzlement is a moral issue that will not be abolished through mere financial precautions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seminars Do Not Foster Morals | 10/11/1996 | See Source »

...Then Dole would come out from behind the stage, parting the polyester-blue curtain, and enact the body language of victory--thumb up, quick-flash smile, the arm that doesn't hold the pen punching the air in a go-get-'em arc. The crowd would always stand and applaud. "We love you, Bob!" someone would yell, and the unmuffled sound would echo too well, because the hall was always half empty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOB DOLE: THE CAPTAIN OF HIS SOUL | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...percent.) In response to this morning's report, the Dole campaign called the President's announcement "a slap in the face" for the American taxpayer, claiming Clinton is presiding over a recovery which is leaving the American worker behind. It's a delicate dance for Republicans who normally applaud brisk economic growth, especially since they have been arguing all year that Clinton's tax increases would strangle expansion. "Politically, this growth figure is just what the White House needed," says TIME's James Carney. "It shoots down the Republican argument that the economy, though it is growing, would be growing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics of Growth | 8/1/1996 | See Source »

...Jesus Loves You" get the crowd bouncing on its feet as the audience anticipates the bright, saccharine song. Fitzpatrick stares listeners in the face and grins while singing "They say I'm damned to hell/Well, I'll be damned." The band answers the crowd's expectations, and people applaud the pop song as if begging for an immediate reprise. But the band's momentum won't allow a pause and Eve's Plum moves forward. They rock even harder on "I Want It All," as Fitzpatrick purges her anger and greed, and "Lipstuck," which she introduces as "a song about...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, | Title: Eve's Plum Is a Sticky-Sweet Treat | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

...Taking advantage of line-drawing," Kaufman says that, except for "soft drugs like alcohol and marijuana,...drug use is physically and mentally harmful." While I applaud Kaufman for realizing that on the spectrum of safe to dangerous drugs, no line can be drawn that puts marijuana on the more dangerous side than alcohol, his taxonomy between hard and soft drugs is too coarse. Although there is substantial evidence that chronic cocaine and crack use cause mental damage (but Blankenship and David were not in possession of these drugs), no reputable studies have ever shown marijuana, mushrooms and LSD to have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blankenship and David May Deserve Sympathy | 5/8/1996 | See Source »

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