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...people, we would like to see it well-publicized all over campus and discussed in its own debate. If not, the council can look forward to more embarrassing low turnouts, and the students can bet that they will not be offered many more popular votes. Both prospects bode poorly for any semblance of a democratic student government at Harvard...
...Loewen Group has acquired almost $1 billion worth of additional funeral homes and cemeteries, including a stake in Rose Hills Memorial Park outside Los Angeles, the largest cemetery in North America, which Loewen acquired after outbidding SCI. The company's expansion may thrill investors but probably doesn't bode well for consumers, despite founder and ceo Raymond Loewen's penchant for describing the Loewen Group as the industry "leader in consumerism...
What does this bode for the electorate? Unfortunately, it means more of the partisan wrangling and posturing that so many of us have grown to loathe. Only in Washington is it fashionable to suggest, "If it's broke, don't fix it," and find that advice being taken literally. BILL GEMAR Gila Bend, Arizona...
Three electoral trends emerged in this year's election that bode well for the Democratic Party. The first is the enduring gender gap. Women voted Democratic for Congress by a margin of 55-45 and went for Bill Clinton over Bob Dole 53-34, according to exit polls. The Republican Party will have major problems reaching out to women, particularly to working mothers. On the issues of funding for education and health care, and on the divisive issue of a woman's right to choose, Republicans fail to speak to the concerns of American women. Women now constitute a majority...
While AT&T might respond by attempting to buy a Baby Bell, any such move would raise a ruckus with regulators. In the short term, says Kevin Gooley, a telecommunications analyst for Standard & Poor's, "it doesn't bode well...