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...Party is beginning to ebb. Admonished last year by the House Ethics Committee, DeLay has recently been facing renewed questions about more improper dealings. In January, GOP leadership rammed through legislation altering ethics rules—changes which many Democrats felt served only to protect DeLay from a full-blown ethics investigation. Last Wednesday, however, the Republican-dominated House voted to repeal these changes. We applaud the Republican decision to stop defending DeLay from his deserved investigation through obstructive legislation, and for their own good we hope that Republicans will take the further step of relieving DeLay of his post...
Although disappointment might have plagued the team after splitting with Brown—both losses featured blown leads in late innings—it appears the Crimson is ready to put the series behind it and focus solely on the Big Green...
...were having difficulty meeting with the administration to discuss our issues—we were sort of blown off,” says Acey Welch ’53, one of the committee’s co-chairs. “I think out of frustration we figured that the best way to get Harvard’s attention was either by money or by news coverage...
...have persistent infection and are probably persistently infectious to others." Another group suffers a mild version of immune-system depression, with symptoms and signs that include malaise, weight loss, fevers and swollen lymph nodes. This syndrome, called AIDS-related complex, or ARC, sometimes but not always develops into full-blown AIDS...
...invasion of Afghanistan. Ever since, the Administration's policy toward the Soviet Union has had a typically Reaganesque twist: harsh ideological rhetoric tempered by moves rooted in an emerging realism. The inconsistency has caused relations between the two superpowers to blow hot and cold. Mostly, they have blown cold...