Word: factly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact is--and every campus publisher knows it--that "unsolicited" is simply a buzzword for "student." With the exception of The Crimson, there are no "solicited" student publications. And every single publication--including The Crimson--depends on door drops to distribute its work...
...Harvard, a non-profit institution, endorse SAS, a for-profit company, especially when the University's own officers are the ones making a profit? And while Harvard insists the deans observed all University conflict-of-interest regulations, how can this be reconciled with the fact that these deans could not possibly have gained their SAS posts--for which they were compensated on an hourly basis--without their direct ties to the University...
Democrats and Republicans alike are in full retreat from ired elders who awakened belatedly to the fact that they are going to have to pay hefty premiums if catastrophic-illness coverage remains a part of Medicare. Congress and the White House will probably agree to cut back on some benefits, such as payment for prescription drugs, to lower premiums that could amount to $1,600 a year for a couple...
...single digit: there is no suggestion that he used his public office for personal gain. In the eyes of some, however, private failings are far more serious: they go to a leader's judgment and character, as Gary Hart and John Tower learned. For many people, the fact that the scandal involves gay sex makes Frank's behavior more offensive; among others, tolerance of homosexuality has shielded Frank from sharper criticism...
...there is a new factor: George Bush is a Gorbachevite himself. He doesn't put it that way, nor does he like others to do so. But the fact remains that for the first time in 72 years, the U.S. has a stake in the survival and success of a particular Soviet leader. Bush does not want to see the Baltic laboratory blow up any more than do the people who live there. Therefore, the American President is plugging not just for the citizens of those tragic republics trapped by history within the Soviet Union, but also for the extraordinary...