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Eastern Carolina had one more export: conservative Democrats. It had been sending them to Washington since the Blue defeated the Gray, and Lancaster was no different. He backed the death penalty; he supported Star Wars; he voted to ban federal money for obscene art. But Lancaster also supported Clinton's tax increase in 1993 and his crime bill the year after, and in 1994 an upstart Republican bombarded the Carolina coast with pictures of Lancaster jogging with a President everyone despised. Lancaster and dozens of moderate Democrats like him went down to defeat. It was death by Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHY THE DEMOCRATIC CENTER CAN'T HOLD | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...Democrats in Congress has been spilled on the Blue Dogs, an alliance of mostly Southern, mostly rural, mostly socially conservative House Democrats founded in early 1995. But the Blue Dogs are--pardon the expression--a dying breed. They gained six new members in 1997 but lost nine to retirement, defeat and party switching. Their membership totals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHY THE DEMOCRATIC CENTER CAN'T HOLD | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...think it is helpful to help people. It's a good way to channel some energy into something positive. When I was working, I felt good about myself--good self-esteem--and a happy mother makes happy children. I don't want to feel like Louise can defeat our happiness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ONE MOTHER'S STORY | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

That seems to be the theme in Harvard women's athletics this week. The soccer team avenged its 2-1 loss to UMass in last year's first round of the NCAA Tournament with Sunday's thorough 2-0 defeat of the Minutewomen on the same stage...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Cagers Seeking Revenge | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

...case Harvard needed any more incentive for tonight's game, reliable sources have informed The Crimson that a B.U. player was overheard saying that the Terriers would easily defeat the Crimson when the teams...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Cagers Seeking Revenge | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

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