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...Particularly troubling for Republicans is the Democrats' tendency to better attract the youth vote, as younger people tend to be more liberal...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder and Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: McCain Courts Young Republicans | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...into a pop culture extravaganza. Seven years later, it's the most popular vacation destination in the world. The obvious question: why? How can a place that allegedly has prostitutes cavorting on the Strip, rednecks losing their family savings at the slot machines and streets burdened with violent crime attract your average vacationer? Because that, my friends, is an urban legend that had a hold on our imagination until about two years ago--and the myth has finally been exploded once and for all. (I credit every major news magazine that runs a "The New Las Vegas" story when they...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SOMAN'S IN THE [K]NOW | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...really find any other explanation," she says. "The actions of the University in my case make it abundantly clear that the administration's rhetoric about Harvard's desire to attract and retain the most distinguished women in the world is empty...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff and Robin M. Wasserman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Women in the Sciences | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...rallies do serve a purpose, Cavellini says--they establish a community presence and attract members...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Motley Crew: Grassroots Group Fights for Tenants | 12/1/1999 | See Source »

...reasons for doing it, moreover, are largely the same. Traditionally, body art has served to attract the opposite sex, boost self-esteem, ward off or invoke spirits, indicate social position or marital status, identify with a particular age or gender group or mark a rite of passage, such as puberty or marriage. It's this sort of strictly prescribed, highly ritualistic decoration that Beckwith and Fisher depict in African Ceremonies. "We've tried to show how body art is relevant to every stage of development, from birth to death," says Fisher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Body Art | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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