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...know why. I'd venture a guess: When balding and/or graying politicians continually make what appears to be an active decision to cut young people out of the political process, the impetus to get involved is sharply diminished. Of course, in defense of politicians - gasp! - there's a classic chicken-and-egg conundrum here: Do young voters ignore politicians because politicians ignore them, or do politicians keep their distance from young voters because they've proven themselves an uninterested voting bloc whose concerns are not easily addressed in a 10-second sound bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Wonder Young People Don't Vote! We're Ignored! | 11/2/2000 | See Source »

...Desperate b) Lucky guest No. 354 c) Pretending to hypnotize a chicken d) The sun, and Regis Philbin is Copernicus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Oct. 30, 2000 | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

...attacked by a chicken. They fly at you with these claws...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What's the scariest thing that's ever happened to you? | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

...very easy to talk about moral leadership and bemoan its absence (or if not its absence, its weakness) in contemporary American politics, but honestly, what can be done? Or perhaps all these examples of moral leadership just seem like a slightly more sophisticated version of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series...

Author: By Patty Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Some Literature of Social Reflection | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

...South Carolina (7-1, 5-1 SEC) ended the dreaded "chicken curse" with a 31-0 opening day romp, and upset both No. 13 Georgia, then ranked ninth, and No. 21 Mississippi State on its way to a 4-0 start to the season...

Author: By Tim Jackson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sugar Bowl Surprises | 10/26/2000 | See Source »

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