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Another strand in the alienated right is known as constitutionalism, a belief that the government has violated the Constitution. These arguments are generally not as aggressive as Trochmann's, but adherents all but renounce their citizenship. Stewart Balint is a handsome, blue-eyed construction worker in Priest River, Idaho, whose family lost its farm to bankers. He told me his studies of law had led him to the understanding that government powers are not legally derived. "I've gotten rid of all my contracts with government," he said. "Rescinded them. Social Security, birth certificate. Driving license, hunting license. I know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OUTCASTS DIGGING IN FOR THE APOCALYPSE | 5/1/1995 | See Source »

...tender age of 16, I flew out to Vancouver, British Columbia to work in a chemistry lab for the summer. But I did not immediately realize that a paid job in Canada was not all that my dual Canadian-American citizenship could secure. Soon I was introduced to an entirely new sphere of alcohol consumption...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: The Beguiling Bottle | 4/20/1995 | See Source »

Murdoch agreed to sell the Post, which he repurchased in 1993 under an FCC waiver granted to help him rescue the struggling paper, but the second obstacle proved more daunting. Murdoch abandoned his Australian citizenship and with great fanfare became an American. Next he structured the deal so that he, now an American citizen, and Diller would together own 76% of the voting control of the stations. Through a long chain of intermediary companies, Murdoch's Australia-based News Corp. would own the remaining 24% of the voting stock, just under the federal threshold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILL MURDOCH BE OUTFOXED? | 4/17/1995 | See Source »

...dean should be a figurehead for his faculty not just in monetary issues--which most faculty care about only when they are directly affected--but also in the areas of education and citizenship. That is precisely what Dean Knowles has done...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Budget Letter Bonanza | 3/24/1995 | See Source »

Carswell clocked in at 8:08.64, placing seventh in the 3000 meter. Goetze--who is quick to point out that the she has dual citizenship in France and the United States--came in at 2:08.99, good enough for eighth...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Sophomores Goetze, Carswell Named All-Americas | 3/14/1995 | See Source »

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