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...been a tough week for the National Rifle Association. Two shootings - one in a first-grade classroom - shocked the country and once again galvanized gun control proponents. Sensing renewed public outrage, President Clinton decided to strike while the issue is hot, challenging the House of Representatives to pass a batch of stalled gun control legislation. The three-tiered bill, strongly opposed by the NRA, squeaked through the Senate last year, and now Clinton is leaning heavily on the House to act on the measure before the spring recess begins in mid-March. If passed, the legislation would require...
Surveying the policy landscape through such a scope might finally help us move beyond the Don't Ask, Don't Tell, (and now Don't Harass) muddle. With it in place, the new batch of military anti-harassment programs should have a better chance of operating at maximum success...
...dubs, however, cherish the chance to sit on deteriorating mattresses and scribble poetic descriptions of Mexico City's atmosphere of smoke and car fumes to send back to Cambridge as "copy batch," since it's the alternative to "shit work...
Driskell addressed her own batch of controversy at last night's meeting...