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...also foreign nationals. This is obviously wrong, but the opinion of what constitutes the "primary wrong" differs depending on whom you talk to. The Washington world has focused on the novel "foreign" aspect of this money. To accept money from foreign nationals implies that the recipient will lend an ear to that national's concerns, thereby potentially compromising the president's ability to run our country. But it seems that a much more basic question should result from this faux pas: should our governing officials lend an ear to only those people who can afford...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wanted: Integrity in Washington | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...natty dresser, with a close-shaven head and a gold earring in his left ear, Jones also discussed American politics, saying he is upbeat about youth today. He exhorted listeners to solve racial conflicts and made a plea to the class to do something about the dilemmas of America's inner cities and wield the power of music in a positive...

Author: By Julie L. Lipscomb, | Title: Quincy Jones Speaks To Class | 2/19/1997 | See Source »

...acknowledge, much less honor, the demands of the real people who make Harvard's status possible: think back to the period of months during which Harvard refused to discuss the payment of part-time workers' benefits with the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers; its turning a deaf ear to the students who petitioned for the tenure of Associate Professor of History Ellen Fitzpatrick; its indignation at the mere suggestion of reforming the Administration's archaic and punitive disciplinary board; its utter disregard of numerous outspoken student, Faculty and community requests that it permit students to retain control...

Author: By William L. Kirtley and Megan L. Peimer, S | Title: Joe Hickey's 'Retirement' | 2/6/1997 | See Source »

...with the most beautiful girl in the school. I said to her, 'This is the most wonderful day of my life. Too bad it's only a dream.' And she said, 'Yes, but in the dream it's real.'" One night, near the end, Briggs whispered in Dickey's ear, "In the dream it's real." The poet squeezed Briggs' hand and said, "I know it is." Two nights later, early last week, Jim Dickey died for good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A PROPHETIC DELVER: JAMES DICKEY, 1923-1997 | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

...each other. Each was unique: Cadman's had been in business for over sixty years. Another stocked its shelves with an impressive menagerie of stuffed animals. The third had supplied me with bottle after bottle of pink, bubble gum flavored antibiotics, prescribed for my frequent childhood ear infections. Rite-Aid was a major threat to them all. The only bright point, it seemed, would be the store's beer section, which could prove invaluable for high school kids seeking some Genuine Draft on a Saturday night...

Author: By Gabriel B. Eber, | Title: Mayberry Is Burning | 2/1/1997 | See Source »

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