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Harvard's output was a far cry from its five-goal second half against Boston College the previous Wednesday, as the team failed to convert any of its numerous first-half chances...
...make politics accessible by covering it in an entertaining and compelling way, popular interest and involvement in the process will follow," it is hard to imagine that the voyeuristic politics that John, Jr. endorses could ever promote civic virtue. If it accomplishes anything at all, George will convert those who are ironic abut politics to the politics of irony...
...free bumper sticker. The Dole site comes partially in response to the parody "Bob Dole for President" site that has already reserved a more prestigious Internet address (http://www.dole96.org/). (Their slogan: "Dole. The ripe man for the job"). Dole is a recent convert to the Internet, following in the footsteps of pages created by his competitors, Phil Gramm, Pat Buchanan and the red plaid page that is home to Lamar Alexander...
...make matters dicier, a merger would also bring Malone, the chairman of Tele-Communications Inc. and a man with a bent for elaborate corporate schemes, into Time Warner's fractious family. Malone, who stands to convert the 21% of Turner stock he controls into about a 9% stake in Time Warner, strung out the talks with a long and changing list of demands that threatened to block an agreement. "He asks for everything," says a Time Warner executive. "You never know when he's finished." Levin and Malone hashed out their main differences at a Sept. 9 meeting...
Amid scattered flurries of harsh rhetoric and pre-campaign posturing, the Senate spent the week hammering out the details of a sweeping overhaul of the nation's welfare system and stood poised to pass the bill this coming week. The historic measure would convert existing entitlement programs into capped block grants to the states with virtually no strings attached. The legislation, which its authors hope will save $70 billion over seven years, also contains a five-year limit on benefits, as well as work requirements. Democrats and moderate Republicans succeeded in increasing child-care funding and stripping provisions that would...