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...argument. "I don'tagree with him at all; [the stockholdings] arevery interesting," said Gordon. "If you saw thatthey had drug companies, food companies, sometechnology companies, I would be impressed. But ifyou saw that they had a bunch of steel companies,utilities, and oil companies, I would say thesepeople were asleep at the switch...
...They showcased their extremes. On opening night they had the chance to present the most popular Republican in 50 years, creator of a whole class of political converts known as Reagan Democrats. What did they do? They had Ronald Reagan speak near midnight, when most of America was fast asleep. Who got the prime 9 o'clock spot? Pat Buchanan with his promise of "religious war." Reagan ended his speech with his "shining city upon a hill" peroration, a vision of the sunny uplands of America's future. Buchanan ended his speech too with a vision of America...
...Markel's opinion piece of December 9 was very disturbing to me. Aside from the fact that what Markel advocates may further decrease respect of our professors in an atmosphere in which students already rudely talk, laugh, fall asleep or put their feet up on chairs during lecture, the piece contained for me a more personal and much more important issue...
...Ronnie is asleep on his ranch. Madonna is anything but a virgin. Both Larry and Magic have stepped aside for His Airness and a man called The Shaq. And the Harvard men's rugby squad is on the verge of another national championship...
Ronnie was asleep in the Oval Office. Madonna was still at least like a virgin. Larry and Magic were dancing a duet in the NBA Finals. And the Harvard men's rugby squad had a national championship...