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...Third is flat, crop-growing Republican country, where Ross Perot gets more votes than Bill Clinton. Barrett won his past two elections handily (in fact, for a while it looked as if he would run unopposed). In this district, where sugar beets are king, Barrett fights for anything that will help farmers (he chairs the General Farm Commodities Subcommittee) and against anything that will hurt them--most recently, the 1997 budget, which would have cut federal spending on agriculture by millions of dollars...
That was last year, however, and there is a new, young crop of players chomping at the bit, ready to start the 1996-'97 season...
Last year's surprising freshman class is back in full force, and by all accounts has emerged stronger from the summer break. Another large crop of freshmen will be added to the mix, and thanks to the experience of some key upperclassmen, led by captain Ashlin Halfnight, the team is be one with bundles of winning potential. For anyone who is skeptical, just remember that five players from this team were picked in the NHL draft this summer--more than any other college program...
Banning leghold traps and hounding would keep countless animals from needless pain and suffering. This fundamental point is lost on some opponents of Question One. "Hunting is sort of like if you have a crop of carrots and the crop is coming up too thick and you have to weed some of them out so the rest will survive," says Melbourne Crouse, director of the Gun Owners Action League. "I don't think there is anything wrong or cruel about...
Judging by the evidence so far, they haven't. When the revamped series returned last week, it again stood out among the new crop of TV dramas. While too many of the others are either morally preachy Touched by an Angel clones or inept attempts at re-creating the X-Files, Murder One remains a fine legal thriller with a robust, well-observed appreciation for the egotists who are drawn into the web of splashy criminal trials. Newcomer Wyler is a prosecutor turned defense attorney who lives in a world ethically messier than his predecessor's. Wyler's father took...