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...years, has come to mean directionless, apathetic, even lazy. Some argue that when they were in college they went out and protested--marched, made noise and, on occasion, found themselves locked up for their principled civil disobedience. All we do, on the other hand, is shop, watch television and complain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Challenge Of Our Generation | 6/3/1998 | See Source »

...partners) led Justice to specific documents and officials at one firm after another. "We knew whom to direct Justice to at IBM, Compaq and Gateway, because we'd all shared beers at computer conferences together," says an informant. "After a long day, we'd sit around and complain about Microsoft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Main Event | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...liberal credentials and the fact that he was chairman of the committee when a promising young member named Al Gore was selling the intriguing concept of an "information superhighway." But Dingell is far from alone. Commerce Senators who have reviewed the thousands of grant applications pouring in complain that schools are attempting to use the program to buy everything from carpeting and paint to computers that exceed the power of those at NASA. What's more, lawmakers grouse, why should the Federal Government pay for something many schools would do on their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gore's Costly High-Wire Act | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

...Congress, and if the 28-year-old wins, his election as the district's first Republican will be least among the reasons to cross-tab him in the history books. In a party defined for so long by its whiteness, Glenn is black. While most black Republicans complain of being ignored by the party, he has drawn money from such potentates as James Baker and Colin Powell. And in this majority-white district, the Democrat he has to beat, Sanford Bishop, is another black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dylan Glenn: Young, G.O.P. and Black | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

...Phil Bean made it sound like they would try topursue a better working relationship with the cabcompanies and try to have a system for complaintsby which the students with early morning practicescould complain if a cab was late or didn't showup," Walsh said...

Author: By Alysson R. Ford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Athletes Air Complaints About Quad Shuttles | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

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