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...Even more dismaying, she accepted the explanation without argument...

Author: By Anne G. Davies, RADCLIFFE CLASS OF 1950 | Title: Radcliffe: Looking Backwards At Four Years | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...When she confronted the professor, he replied that the class was graded on a sliding scale, he could give just so many As and those had to go to boys because they need them to get into medical school," Davies writes. "Even more dismaying, she accepted the explanation without argument...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Harvard Man and the 'Cliffie' | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...politics with me, and they like to do business," he says. Now that he's worth tens of millions, he says he's in a position to meet the donors as peers, exchange stock tips with them and serve on their boards. His wealth, he says, is the best argument for why he can't possibly extract much personally from his closeness with Clinton. "There's nothing he can do for me except be my friend," said McAuliffe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Terry McAuliffe: The Kingmaker | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

Since there is no logical connection between their objective (reducing gun-related violence) and the "gun control" measures they demand, the marching moms cannot make a coherent argument to support their agenda. They must appeal to emotion rather than reason. PHIL EDMUNDS Boalsburg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 5, 2000 | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...discretion on how they run their cases, and he had justification for saying that Microsoft had had their chance," says TIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen. "But he may have left himself vulnerable to the appeals court, which is likely to be more sympathetic to Microsoft and any argument they made that Jackson had denied them due process." This way, Jackson's a little better covered. If the appeals court or the Supreme Court wants to rebuff his forthcoming ruling (now due late next week), they won't be as likely to do it on a technicality, which could result...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judge Jackson Installs a Backup File | 6/1/2000 | See Source »

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