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...submitting the 74-year-old diplomat's name to the Security Council for a second five-year term, and the U.S. can keep vetoing his re-election, but such a fruitless battle of wills is guaranteed to produce only two sure things: more damage to U.N. credibility and more fodder for those who see the U.S. as a diplomatic bully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE UNFORGIVEN | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

...woes of Generation X. I think that I've finally found a way to silence the litany of whining alternative rockers. My idea may seem a bit bold, but visionary concepts often are. I propose that we gather up he angst-ridden masses and send them of as canon-fodder for a great big world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Send Generation X to War | 11/5/1996 | See Source »

...view we can either mature voluntarily or adopt my cannon-fodder proposition. I have heard that there is nothing quite like the roar of a machine gun to wash away childish arrogance. On the other hand, a trial by fire might not work after all. I've asked a few acquaintances about how they'd feel about fighting in a world war and they've all given me the same response. They beam proudly and reply, "I'd dodge the draft...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Send Generation X to War | 11/5/1996 | See Source »

Calvert's a sturdy candidate in a new but already Republican-leaning district. In 1993 he became tabloid fodder when the Corona police caught him in his car with a convicted prostitute. Even then, he beat his Democratic opponent handily. This year he is eager to win an election based on issues alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...difficult to draw a line between public and private lives of politicians. Although probing the lives of candidates only gives fodder for crude sensationalism, any alleged breaches of ethics while in office should be investigated. But the American people have already showed us that they don't care that much about ethics. When they are again disappointed with their representatives, we can only urge them to remember on the next election...

Author: By Tanya Dutta, | Title: Ethics Versus Policies | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

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