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...controversy over the choice of Gen. Colin L. Powell to speak at Commencement today may further bolster conservative forces on campus, some students say. Vocal outcries against Powell's position on the military's ban on gays may alienate students who are indifferent, or who are ardent Powell supporters. "Many seniors are concerned about their Commencement being disrupted by the protests of liberals," Woods says...
...ardent supporter of gay rights; I agree whole-heartedly with activists' goals and, for the most part, their methods. But what was Josh thinking? The symbolic shredding of a piece of blue paper by an obnoxious self-styled vigilante is not likely to make any sort of statement and, in this case, was a violation of AALARM's right to free speech...
Outside her health-care mission, there is probably no title that could + convey the scope of her role, although Counsellor to the President was batted around for a long time. As always, she is her husband's most trusted confidant, best friend, toughest critic and most ardent cheerleader. She is open but vague about how much they share. "We'll say, What do you think about this? or Give me an opinion about that. It's kind of give-and-take, pretty informal." And then there is complete access. "During the day I can see him anytime I want...
...products is perhaps less than startling, given Star Trek's cultlike status. But what has stunned Okrand and his delighted publisher, Simon & Schuster, is that folks are assiduously studying -- and speaking -- the language, though learning it is a real oy (pain). To his amazement, Okrand has been accosted by ardent students and subjected to barrages of fluent Klingon. Yampell, who once perpetrated such a barrage, was disappointed to find that the idiom's inventor responded with a blank stare. "He doesn't really speak the language, although he does pronounce it much better than I do." Despite his lack...
...enemies. To fanatical nationalists he is the Judas who sold his country to the West for 30 silver dollars. Russians disgusted with politics claim they see no real difference between Yeltsin and his parliamentary rivals. Still, the worrisome events at the Congress have turned many fence-straddlers overnight into ardent Yeltsin supporters...