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...stood between the foul lines of a baseball field. The aforementioned Cobb was allegedly a miserable human being. Babe Ruth was purported to be an irresponsible drunk. Mickey Mantle was an admitted alcoholic. It is time for the Hall to stop pretending that it canonizes saints. It should elect Pete Rose to its ranks...
...villages across China are choosing local leaders by secret ballot from a slate of candidates that may include not only Communist Party members but also individuals with no affiliation. The farmers can unseat the bums who mismanaged the local electrification project or the crooks who pocketed irrigation fees and elect the "capable people" of their choice. By 2000, all of China's more than 1 million villages will operate under the system. Some say these local elections are diluting the Communist Party's power. And the party leaders now have a vested interest in the economy's steady advance...
...trotting tycoons. "One thing we know," he explained anthropologically, "is that the culture out of which they come doesn't draw the same bright lines between politics, government and business that we do." He was describing the Asian-American donors whose largesse had done so much to help re-elect him in 1996 and embarrass him in 1997. But he might just as well have been describing his own roots in Arkansas' cash-and-carry politics, a "culture" that Clinton brought with him to Washington and that by last week had allowed him to startle a city that does...
Although we have no control over the activities of the clubs, we continue to urge them to elect women members and to take the steps necessary to provide a safe and respectful environment for the students...
...make involves compromise, which can produce frustration and a belief that one's opinion does not count. Individuals sometimes drop out of the discussion, unwilling to participate. At the end of a long debate, we sometimes joke that we have "had enough of democracy" and would prefer to elect a dictator to speed our efforts...