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...public records. Alas, they seem not to understand the issue at hand. I'm not at all embarrassed about the contents of this correspondence; I care not a fig whether it is or is not in the public record. I was simply helping the Semitic Museum collect money from a donor who had committed to give more than he had actually turned over...

Author: By Martin Peretz, | Title: The Sabotage of The Semitic Museum | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

...result is a cacophonous mix of candidates bumping up against one another in improbable coalitions and alliances, not all of which were able to collect the 100,000 signatures necessary to qualify for the ballot. One of the more exotic hybrids was formed by Lyudmila Vartazarova, a grandmother of four whose strategy involved merging her Socialist Party of the Working People, based in Moscow, with a group of Cossack monarchists from the south, a loose coalition of oil executives from western Siberia and a group from the northern republic of Karelia. The resulting clash of ideologies ignited dissent among reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Parliament of Poets, Pop Stars and Priests | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

Under the current Federal Family Education LoanProgram, students apply for loans throughcolleges. Banks provide the money and thegovernment pays the loan's interest until thestudent leaves school. If a student defaults, oneof 47 guarantor agencies repays the lender andthen tries to collect the debt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Direct Lending Will Reduce Paperwork | 11/16/1993 | See Source »

...done to enhance my career prospects? I plucked the Career Forum newsletter from my basket and read it cover to cover. Sure, it was supposed to be for job-hunting seniors. But maybe some of those hot-shot companies would have a place or two for a summer intern. "Collect company literature and explore career possibilities before it is too late," the introduction warned. I intended...

Author: By Timothy P. Yu, | Title: Resume-itis and the Summer Job Crisis | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

Johnson also endorsed universal access tocoverage regardless of preexisting conditions, andinsurance premiums that would be prohibited fromrising just "because you collect from yourpolicy...

Author: By Stephanie P. Wexler, | Title: Forum Debates Health Care | 11/9/1993 | See Source »

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