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...seven children in a quiet working-class community on the edge of Lincoln, Nebraska. At the University of Nebraska, he partied hard and nearly flunked officer training. But he was good at his other studies and finished the five-year pharmacy program in four. Still, life behind the drug counter had started to look like drudgery. He once recalled how a farmer came in looking for a treatment for the "sniffles." Annoyed at the triviality of the man's complaint, Kerrey said, "Try this" and wiped his sleeve across his nose...
...Earlier in the week Bush approved a robust arms package for Taiwan, including destroyers, antisubmarine aircraft and diesel-powered submarines, to counter a possible sea blockade by the mainland. But he turned down the most controversial request, for ships equipped with the advanced Aegis battle management radar. Although it was the biggest sale in years, Beijing's outrage displayed somewhat less bellicosity than it is capable of mustering. Bush, however, indicated that he might okay a future Aegis sale unless Beijing reduced its batteries of short-range ballistic missiles aimed at Taiwan. Although a few right-wing critics, already angry...
...Allen Counter, the director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, made a surprise appearance as a panelist for Harvard...
...recognize that musical taste is only a small part of what makes a person. For the Reformation, when Kurt Cobain, my own (private?) Martin Luther, nailed his lyrics to the door and changed what I thought about music (hell, before that, I owned both Wilson Phillips albums), not the Counter-Reformation that restored orthodoxy and maturity. It was simpler then. Before Trent and all that. Before I became Pollyanna. I know a lot of it may be just pose, but I walk by the Pit kids and I’m envious of the certainty of their musical allegiances...
Some councillors said they believe 16 is too young, but that they may support allowing 17-year-olds to vote. Student coalition members counter by saying that since local elections are held only every two years, lowering the age to 16 would guarantee that students would be allowed to vote at least once during high school...