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...proposed in 1993. They're trying desperately to focus on Robb's strengths, such as his support for the Balanced Budget Act in the Senate and his success as Governor in raising teachers' salaries. As strategist David Doak put it, "You can't spend all your time trying to correct the record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Noted Name Under Assault in Virginia | 10/14/2000 | See Source »

...boosting his nandro level to 1,000 times the allowable limit. The scorn greeting this claim was as deep as Sydney harbor. "Impossible," said the International Olympic Committee's Jacques Rogge. "The only way to have such levels is either by injection or taking pills." Even if Rogge is correct, Hunter may get off. His lawyer is Johnnie Cochran--yes, O.J.'s Johnnie Cochran--and Cochran will present Hunter's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. At the 1996 Atlanta Games, nine athletes were found guilty of drug use. On appeal, all but two verdicts were overturned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, Gold for Lawyers | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...American health care is in a crisis." Americans have excellent health care. The only real crisis in our health is the prevalance of obesity, poor diet, smoking, inactive lifestyles and high-risk behavior by which Americans stubbornly harm their own health and that of others. However, you are correct that the lack of insurance coverage of low-income Americans, especially children, is a failing that can and needs to be remedied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

Last year students voted in overwhelming numbers to downsize the council from 90 to 50 members. The rationale was that by making council seats scarcer, races would become more competitive, enhancing the council's overall legitimacy. The logic has proved somewhat correct: This year, all but two upperclass Houses are fielding three or more candidates. Some students have been forced to campaign heavily, many going door-to-door to meet potential constituents...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Rock The %ucvote | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

...writing to correct a most insensitive inaccuracy in your article, "MIT Settles for $6 Million in Krueger Case" (News, Sept. 15). In the opening sentence, Scott Krueger is referred to as "a first-year who drank himself to death." Let us be clear that if Scott Krueger had indeed drunk himself to death, MIT would not have taken responsibility for his death. The President of MIT would not have traveled to Orchard Park, N.Y., to apologize to Kreuger's parents. MIT would not have taken the extreme disciplinary action of rescinding the MIT degree from the fraternity member...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters to the Editor | 10/5/2000 | See Source »

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