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DURING THE LAST few weeks, many people have raised concerns about The Crimson's coverage of minority issues. I do not write on behalf of the Crimson as a whole; but since The Crimson does not have an official ombudsperson, I would like to explain some of the paper's policies on the news coverage...
...explain. In the best of all possible worlds, we would all both profess virtue and practice it. But in a fallen world, we will have our vices. And it must be said that the modern vices of overindulgence (dissipation and profligacy) compare favorably with those of a century ago, which carried more than a tinge of cruelty. We no longer, for example, countenance cockfighting, child labor or the hanging of petty thieves...
...MERciless beating on his way to the Democratic nomination. The Arkansas Governor has been grilled on marital infidelity, draft dodging, pot smoking and conflicts of interest, and the going may get even rougher if he faces George Bush in the fall campaign. Clinton has talked himself hoarse trying to explain his way through the thicket of nettlesome questions and get back to discussing the political and economic issues that he hopes will help him topple an unpopular incumbent. All he needs is a level playing field, say Clinton's aides; but so far, they complain, Bush has been spared...
Though Bush may feel safe from that kind of personal attack, he may prove vulnerable to charges leveled at his political character. There is little evidence that any clearly defined beliefs or principles have guided his conduct in office. Doubts on this score may help explain why, according to a recent Gallup poll, 49% of the voters disapprove of his performance...
...government's charges against al-Megrahi and Fhimah don't explain how the bronze-colored Samsonite suitcase, dispatched via Air Malta, eluded Frankfurt's elaborate airport security system. Instead, the indictment zeroes in on two tiny pieces of forensic evidence -- a fingernail-size fragment of green plastic from a Swiss digital timer, and a charred piece of shirt...