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...would suggest that so charismatic a figure as Nelson Mandela, a doughty and energetic 75, leads from behind. But Mandela has always made his authority felt on two levels: by standing at the head of the African National Congress as symbol and standard bearer and by forming strategy from behind by suggestion, pressure, indirection. During his career as a politician -- a word he proudly uses to describe himself -- he has at times moved out ahead of his colleagues and audaciously created policy, while at other times he has been content to plant the seed of an idea that bears fruit...
...students voted in the truncated Undergraduate Council referendum this week, our duly selection representatives kicked their electoral juggernaut into high gear. Anyone who passed through Tercentenary Theater Thursday morning was treated to the rather persuasive endorsement of a sign emblazoned with the message "Vote Yes on U.C. Referendum." Its bearer embodied all the credibility of our august representatives--a fellow in an ape suit...
These two new compilations by therecording industry's re-release standard-bearer,Rhino Records, offer up just what we have come toexpect from Rhino: intelligently structured andselected compilations that highlight an aspect ofAmerican music that has often not been addressedon its own. While the Rock InstrumentalClassics volumes are more satisfying than anyof the Billboard Pop Memories, both arestrong sets that will please anyone who wouldconsider buying them anyway...
Thus, like Prof. Gates, Jamie Billett asks us "not to attack Mansfield"--or his speech agency--but rather to attack the product he puts in the marketplace: his words, their veracity, etc. The speech-bearer and speech marketplace are neutral, and presumably of course systemically harmless. I beg to differ; both bearer and speech can be harmful...
...demonology of conservative politics, Hackney has become a personification of political correctness, that most nettlesome of campus issues. As president of the University of Pennsylvania since 1981, Hackney has handled a series of incidents that critics say reflect on his judgment and temperament. Conservative standard-bearer Patrick Buchanan puts it bluntly: "He is a politically correct leftist like Lani Guinier -- a virtuecrat, out of touch with Middle America...