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Dole said public trust in elected officials has fallen and that people expect less from government. Non-governmental and not-for-profit organizations must step in to fill the gap, she said...
Still, according to Leverett House Master JohnE. Dowling '57, it is not at all clear that thesky has fallen on the house system in the wake ofrandomization. In fact, Dowling says the currentmodel is probably closer to the "microcosms of theCollege" that former president A. Lawrence Lowell,Class of 1877, envisioned when he created thehouses nearly 80 years...
Last week the White House was alarmed to discover that the President's ratings in internal polls had "fallen through the floor," as a source put it. And a new TIME-CNN survey reveals that almost half those polled believe the Administration favored China in trade decisions because the Chinese government contributed money to the Democrats. Fifty-eight percent say a new independent counsel should investigate the charge. "I expect we'll have to go through another two weeks of this," says White House press secretary Mike McCurry, who notes that the summertime scandal is now a Washington ritual...
Usually when a comedian speaks with great seriousness about his art, he is either being totally insincere or has fallen victim to a modern cliche, the clown who's laughing on the outside and thinking on the inside. In the case of Shandling, though, the sentiments seem both authentic and well considered. It's not always true, as the shibboleth holds, that the best comedy grows out of characters, not jokes, but the characters on Larry Sanders really are what make it so funny. The one-liners, the self-mocking guest stars, the setting so rich in hypocrisy--these would...
Should you buy the stock today? Look at it this way. Since antitrust first surfaced as an issue for Microsoft in 1990, the stock has fallen 10% or more 21 times, according to researchers Birinyi Associates. The average dip was 17% and lasted slightly more than a month. The average recovery was 47% the ensuing four months. On average, an investor who bought at the worst moment (the day before one of those declines) got even in six months--and has shared in Microsoft's glory ever since. The stock has doubled three times in the past four years. Microsoft...