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