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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many activists, like Al Fitzpayne, a representative of the national student political action group Lead or Leave, approached passers by to explain the goals of their organizations...

Author: By Serena K. Mayeri, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: College Fest Held in Boston | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...rationing of specialists' services. "Most people would be forced into HMOs because that's all they would be able to afford," says Representative Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Washington State who has proposed a "single-payer" health-care system similar to the one in Canada. White House officials privately explain that pushing more Americans into HMOs and PPOs is crucial to cost control, but that is a point the President prefers not to discuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flies in the Ointment | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...active-duty and reserve flyers telling them that after years of cooperation, the Navy has "terminated all support, direct or indirect, for the Tailhook Association." Meanwhile, Navy Secretary John Dalton has quietly summoned to D.C. some two dozen officers who attended Tailhook to give them a chance to explain their conduct before their court cases go forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Informed Sources: Oct. 4, 1993 | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...consulted a master--the master--for a little wisdom that would begin to explain the injustice of it all. His name is Confucius...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Groovy Train | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

...voice-over, though, that shows Martin needs some kindly but firm advice. Throughout the movie, sections from the novel are narrated to explain the images appearing on-screen, but instead serve to detract from them. Martin doubted either his ability to illustrate the plot, or the viewer's ability to understand it solely through images and dialogue. Since one can hardly believe that Martin would insult one's intelligence, one must question his faith in his own ability. One wishes that this were not the case...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: The Age of Broken Promises | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

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