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...billion crime bill, which was to be voted on today, has been postponed to later this week. The latest unofficial head count: supporters appear to be about 10 votes shy of victory. The legislation would fund the hiring of 100,000 cops, build prisons and ban certain types of assault weapons. "It's a close vote ... you don't need a big shift [for it to pass or fail]," says TIME's Washington Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett. "I think it's going to pass, ... but I can't back that up with 218 names [a winning tally...
...advice to a prospective applicant is this" Know exactly what you're getting yourself into. As you've probably heard more times than you can count, your education is what you make of it anywhere you go. That's very true. And the most you may come away from Harvard with is name that drops jaws on your resume...
...President Clinton has been lobbying hard for the bill, but conservative, NRA-backed Democrats oppose it because it bans some assault weapons; liberals don't like it because it expands the application of the death penalty. It was rescued, however, by some Republicans (between 10 and 20 at last count) who are expected to cross Party lines and give...
...Campion's new film "The Piano." The hoary proverb which states that a picture is worth a thousand words could not be more appropriate. The value of silence, of nonverbal communication, is essential to the theme of Campion's film, which depicts a world in which images and music count as much as words...
Sword has been indicted on one count of larceny over...