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...list? The common and unfortunate thread uniting all these groups is that, despite decades of struggling for equality, they continue to evoke resentment and fear from portions of the population. It is through this window of opportunity that the winds of Buchananism blow through our society. (The statements that follow were detailed in a 1993 report of the Anti-Defamation League...
...Because popular opinion is not necessarily expressed. Morris' memo specified that Dole would lose the New Hampshire and Iowa primaries if he did not follow Morris' advice. Since Dole is from Kansas, the fact that New Hampshire and Iowa would affect his political decisions could shift his concern to states other than Kansas. Dole would act neither as a Senator nor a Statesman should, because his attention would not be focused on his state. This politicking is so ingrained in the political process that it doesn't seem wrong...
...this point, having lost nine of its 11 one-goal games, the only solution for Harvard might be to perform some kind of ritualistic sacrifice before the game and follow that with a tribal war dance. Considering the dominating play by the Crimson in some of its close losses, one cannot help but wonder whether this season was just simply not meant...
Such reports are enough to give boxing officials pause. Last week New York became the fifth state, after Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, to require boxers to undergo routine HIV testing. Other states are expected to follow suit. Of course, if they are really concerned about the health of boxers--who risk brain damage and even death every time they step into the ring--people in the fight game should probably be thinking about banning the sport altogether...
...Ottawa-born Morissette got started early and took off quickly. At 10 she was performing on Nickelodeon's children's program You Can't Do That on Television; at 16 she had signed with MCA Records Canada and released her first album, Alanis. That CD and its 1992 follow-up Now Is the Time consisted mostly of Paula Abdul-esque melodies and merciless drum machines--the kind of soulless pop one might play during an aerobic workout on the Love Boat. During this pop-lite phase, Morissette also opened for pseudo-rapper Vanilla Ice in a 1991 concert and appeared...