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Clinton's latest display of elasticity hardly compares on the flip-flop scale to George Bush's welshing on "Read my lips: no new taxes." Still, the stakes for the President are daunting: he must deliver health-care reform this fall to keep his presidency afloat, but he must redefine "universal coverage" to deliver reform. If he gives away too little on that issue, the legislation will falter; if he gives away too much, he may lose liberals who support his plan and get blamed for breaking his unusual veto promise as well...
...fact, Mujibur and Sirajul are not simple men. They met at the University of Dhaka, where Mujibur studied law and Sirajul specialized in Bangladeshi literature. But these are not the men on display on the Late Show -- or at K& L's Rock America, where tourists regularly drop in to have their photos taken with the only Bangladeshis they think they know...
Pledges from 100,000 teens to abstain from sex until marriage went on display today at the annual Southern Baptist Convention, signaling what organizers hope will be a national abstinence trend. TIME Religion writer Richard Ostling explains that the chastity campaign was begun by Southern Baptists but has now grown to incorporate many Catholic and Protestant young people as well. At a July rally in Washington, now in the works, organizers hope to display the signatures of over half a million teens...
Efforts to get these motorists off the road typically run into the classic struggle of individual rights vs. public safety. Proposals that would require motorists to display a valid license on their windshield have languished for two decades because of concerns for privacy. "The courts say mobility is a right. They have frowned upon any type of surveillance program to catch these people," says Jack Grant, a project manager for the International Association of Chiefs of Police. While traffic codes in most states permit police to make random stops to check for a valid operator's license, the majority...
Other Black students also tried to find and display their cultural heritage. First-years in the Class of 1972 refused to abide by the Harvard Union's dress code, which required a jacket and tie. Instead, the first-years wore traditional African garb...