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But I believe, like Jefferson, that the basis of our democracy rests on the solid shoulders of a substantial middle class. I believe there is something inherent about equality that fosters and reinforces democracy in a way that social mobility cannot. Until Harvard reduces its tuition burden for the precious...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: Disappearing in the Middle | 3/2/2001 | See Source »

Prosecution is almost always problematic. Traffickers know that cases depend on victims testifying, so in places like Kosovo they are sure to give their women "contracts," written in English for the benefit of English-speaking U.N. police. Traumatized and deeply humiliated by their ordeal, most women fail to testify even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Human Slavery | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

What the audience heard was, to their ears, pure Bu-bu-bu-bing: a distilled, romanticized, possibly fictionalized version of himself. With his regulars (comedian Bob Burns, announcer Ken Carpenter, Jimmy Dorsey's band and then John Scott Trotter's) and a guest list of movie folk, jazzmen and classical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Book on Bing Crosby: Bing Goes to the Movies | 2/16/2001 | See Source »

'I USED TO BE' Any book with three subtitles has the promise - indeed, the threat - of exhaustiveness in its 728 pages. For Giddins, that meant he sat through a lot more of the Crosby films than I could manage (and more of each film, I'll warrant: some of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Book on Bing Crosby: Bing Goes to the Movies | 2/16/2001 | See Source »

The 200 freestyle relay was no exception--the "A" team of Kyle Egan, Parmenter, Burns and Cole took first with a time of 1:24.90 while Harvard "B" finished second. Harvard "C" would have taken third, but it was swum as exhibition and left unscored.

Author: By Susan M. Brunka, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dartmouth, Cornell Are No Contest for M. Swimming | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

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