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...some restrictions on travel to Cuba and would allow news organizations to open bureaus in Havana. Cuban-American student exchanges would also be permitted. The President said the move would help move the Communist country toward a "peaceful transition to a free and open society." Miami bureau chief Cathy Booth reports: "The Administration's line on this is that it would allow for closer monitoring of human rights abuses. But the easing of travel restrictions is also very important, because in allowing more people in to see their relatives, more badly needed money will flow into the Cuban economy." Clinton...
Moreover, the most common complaint against on-line voting was that we would be discriminating against a large number of students who were either uncomfortable or felt they were incompetent around computers. Clearly, if an on-line voting booth was going to intimidate students into participating in a historically low-participation event, then it was not worth doing no matter what the benefits. This--not security or potential voter fraud, both of which can easily happen under a paper election--was our largest obstacle...
...Coffeehouse stand snuggled next to the foot-long hot-dog booth. Vendors of samosas, curry, BBQ and frozen yogurt merrily competed for the attention of passers...
...Specter campaign booth was directly opposite that of Pat Buchanan, both in physical and spiritual presence. That is, Buchanan's exclusionary, didactic, isolationist, reactionary vision of America holds almost no parallels to Specter's moderate and reasonable conservatism. Yet Buchanan Deputy Campaign Manager Timothy J. Haley holds his opponent in esteem. "Specter is one of those candidates who truly believes something." Haley said at the conference, dismissing Dole, Gramm and Wilson as mere political operators...
Most chess matches of this caliber have been held in grand halls, with hushed audiences watching the players onstage. This time Kasparov and Anand pore over the board in a 3-m by 6-m soundproof booth. There are a few choice, $75 seats in the makeshift King's Room overlooking the booth, but the action is livelier in the cheap folding chairs next door, where chess mavens can follow the match via TV or computer. Helped along by animated commentators Maurice Ashley ("E-5? Funky!") and Danny King, amateurs and grand masters alike try to anticipate each move. When...