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...answer is by no means clear. From a purely instrumental standpoint, there is little evidence (at least in national elections) that boosting voter-turnout fundamentally alters the complexion of an election. Had the recent presidential campaigns been re-run with everyone voting, Clinton still would have defeated Dole and Bush the elder, Bush still would have trounced Dukakis, and so on, as far back as such statistics are kept...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: In Praise of Low Voter Turnout | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

Shortly before the break-in, Al-Zand talked to a suspicious person described as a black male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 180 pounds, with medium complexion and build and short, possibly dreadlocked hair...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Swing' Shares Final After TF's Laptop Stolen | 5/19/2000 | See Source »

...dubbed by industry insiders) all feature Nicole's body front and center. I wonder if it has to do with her makeover--the fact that after 1995, her freckles disappeared, she dropped a whole lot of weight and chemical peels may have lightened her skin complexion. Or maybe, as my mom puts it, "she's jealous that Tom gets all the media attention." We'll see how it all works out. As for my mom, she's starting to get impatient. "No one likes her, right?" asks my mom, eagerly. "Well, I think some people do," I answer. She gets...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In the Know | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

Sheis got the look. L. Chinwe Onyeagoro i00 doesnit just walk into a room, she makes an entrance. Her willowy 6i1i frame, sky-high cheekbones and flawless complexion always turn heads. And ever since the remarkable moment eight years ago when she was idiscovered,i her image has graced the catwalks of New York and the televisions of Japan. When sheis not jetting about posing for the cameras, however, the East Asian Studies and Economics concentrator hangs out with her blockmates in Eliot or stresses about her next thesis chapter. And, like so many other Harvard students, Chinwe has struck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: fm dial | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...magazine editors, lighting directors, cinematographers, etc. aren't going for the natural look. If a star has a zit, scar, mole or other unsightly "blemish," the powers that be are gonna zap it; after all, computer technology can easily give a star a glowing tan and lustrous, poreless complexion. (Which brings me to an earth-shattering question. Who orchestrated Nicole Kidman's makeover? Check out 1989's Dead Calm and you'll see a completely different Mrs. Cruise. She looks fat, frumpy! She's got loads of freckles! Her hair is nappy! Now Nicole is deathly pale, skinnier than Calista...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In The [K]now | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

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