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Perhaps. But absent a remarkable change in human nature, it seems unlikely the American multitudes, more concerned with "Survivor" and stock options than with the details of Al Gore's prescription drug plan, will suddenly bestir themselves, flip on CNN, and catch up on all the politics they have missed during our comfortable, decade-long Gilded Age. More likely, a sudden and artificially induced increase in voter turnout would only mean an increase in the number of ill-informed, poorly thought out and just plain stupid votes. To be blunt, most of the people who don't vote, shouldn...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: In Praise of Low Voter Turnout | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...slightest tic, squeak and emotion-punctuating chest thrust. Marcy is really Pointe's most likable character, a good-hearted dim bulb made a nervous wreck by gossip and the stress of looking impossibly good. (A bulimia scene, also cut, was a cruel but apt picture of the flip side of TV's hot-body worship.) Star's using his past for laughs, yes, but not without heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Pointe, Counterpoint | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...best gift Bush has ever given was a kiss to his wife (don't parse that either), that he loves his kids, and that he can sometimes deploy his mother's acerbic wit. But if you're more worried about your Social Security check than congeniality, I suggest you flip over to C-SPAN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oprah Primary | 9/23/2000 | See Source »

...same time, giving Radcliffe table space at the activities fairs would have cost the College very little--it's not like there's any shortage of folding tables. On the flip side, space at the fairs would have gone a long way to inform an interested undergraduate population about Radcliffe's numerous programs. Even if the College believed that other advertising outlets existed, the desire to maintain friendly relations between the two institutions should have been more than adequate reason to grant Radcliffe a table...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Repulsing Radcliffe | 9/21/2000 | See Source »

...these elements will be held in place by the centerpiece of the program, captain Ryan Kelly. Returning as captain for a second year, Kelly will bring to the field emotional fire and leadership in addition to his excellent field vision and artful flip passes that consistently set up Crimson scoring chances...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Youth Will Serve M. Soccer's Year | 9/15/2000 | See Source »

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