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Would-be political activist. Bastion of theculturally correct. President of the Perspective.Wrote a cover story on the October Surprise forThe New Republic. Seen donning "Final Clubs Suck"baseball cap despite clubby friends. FutureMcLaughlin Group pundit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard's Cultural Elite | 10/8/1992 | See Source »

...national newsmagazine's October 5 issue lists 100 members of the nation's cultural elite. And Harvard, commonly considered a bastion of culture and elitism, provided a disproportionate share. At least 12 of the elitists cited are Harvard institutions, alumni or faculty members...

Author: By Virginia A. Triant, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Harvard Breeds Cultural Elite | 10/1/1992 | See Source »

...Religious Right: A bastion of G.O.P. support is targeted by Clinton and Gore, who speak its religion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 8/31/1992 | See Source »

Appearances seems to support the stereotypical image of the Republicans party as the antithesis of diversity--a bastion of rich, self-interested whites. At own convention last month, the Democrats capitalized on that image, presenting themselves as the Big Tent, the party of and for minorities...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: United Colors of the Grand Old Party | 8/21/1992 | See Source »

...This bastion of research in the battle against bugs has never been more important. A new enemy has appeared in the form of the Asian tiger mosquito, a variety that was accidentally imported from Japan in 1985 and has since spread to 21 states, mostly in the Southeast. Government scientists announced last month that a group of these mosquitoes in Florida had been found to be carrying the virus for Eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but often fatal brain disease. Only 11 Floridians have caught this disease, and health officials see no reason for panic, but mosquito control has taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer's Bloodsuckers | 8/10/1992 | See Source »

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