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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Addressing Harvard's ROTC controversy--and the ire of some conservatives who feel that Harvard's federal funding should be cut because several Harvard faculties ban ROTC--Bradley said the problem would no longer exist in his administration...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bradley Stumps For 1,000 Votes at MIT Campus | 9/22/1999 | See Source »

...more than 500 applicants from all over the country, only a handful made the cut...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hochman Named to Glamour List | 9/22/1999 | See Source »

Despite Republican attempts to bolster public support for their tax cut over the August recess, polls continued to show that tax cuts are not a priority for most Americans. The GOP's 10-year, $792 billion tax cut would drain funds away from social programs like education in order to give those in the top tax brackets what the Republicans are calling "tax relief". In fact, the tax cut would overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy, not increase median incomes for the shrinking middle class...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Proposed Tax Cut Unwise | 9/22/1999 | See Source »

Fortunately, President Clinton is expected to veto the bill this week. Clinton is calling for a smaller income tax cut and some increased domestic spending on widely popular social programs. There is a deep hypocrisy in Republican outcries against Clinton's budget plans, which they claim are extravagant, in contrast with their own willingness to approve an irresponsible trillion dollar tax cut...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Proposed Tax Cut Unwise | 9/22/1999 | See Source »

While Clinton's plan was shot down for cutting into social security funds, the Republicans certainly cannot claim the high ground. After insisting that they would not exceed spending limits, the Republicans are now calling the 2000 census an "emergency" in order to make their excessive spending exempt from the caps. It is ironic that Republicans insist that there is almost $800 billion in surplus for a tax cut yet they cannot yet stay inside their self-imposed spending caps. In fact, both parties knew that the spending caps would eventually be exceeded, but neither one wanted...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Proposed Tax Cut Unwise | 9/22/1999 | See Source »

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