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Legally, that failure is probably not punishable. But the moral point remains. The Boland amendment may be foolish or even disastrous policy. Nonetheless, for all the ambiguities of its changing versions, it is the law, and the Constitution gives the President no latitude to choose which laws he will honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: But What Laws Were Broken? | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

...thing to support the right to walk alone at night without fear. It is another thing to stand in the dark in Harvard Yard, clutching a candle and feeling foolish, in support of that right. As I scanned the crowd for familiar faces, I remembered the last time I had been involved in a political demonstration. Ten years ago, people wearing white had marched on Washington for the ERA. The Amendment had been defeated, and the march was written off as little more than a failed symbolic gesture...

Author: By Allison L. Jernow, | Title: Signs in the Dark | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

...also say that the President would become vapidly happy, unrealistically upbeat, forgetful, unfazed by impending crisis, and uninterested in important details. What it come down to, of course, is that we would end up with a president much like Ronald Reagan, except without a dangerous, warlike mentality. As for foolish barriers to the plan, such as the bother-some "just say no" campaign--dudes, just be cool...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: THC: To Harmony & Celebration | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

Some students were future Lowell House residents seeking to mask foolish freshman ignorance at this weekend's soiree...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Swinging Into Action | 4/24/1987 | See Source »

...last, after years of foolish restrictions, pimps no longer had to run their baby selling operations covertly. They were able for the first time in history to offer customer service benefits such as 30 days return policies for children who prove defective...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Cabbage Patch Currency | 4/16/1987 | See Source »

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