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Political character assassination was alive and well long before cable TV and the Internet. Forget Vince Foster conspiracy theories--1860s Republicans charged that Johnson, when he was Vice President, aided in Abraham Lincoln's assassination so he could move up to the top job. Monica Lewinsky pales beside Jennie Perry, who blackmailed Johnson with charges that he fathered an illegitimate son. And Johnson's critics claimed he was conspiring to help the defeated Confederacy rise again. If Clinton were to channel Johnson, the two men--each born in poverty in the South, raised by a widow, elected Governor before...
...Congress, the governors argued that the issue wasn't that they wanted higher taxes; rather, they wanted equity. They supported development of the Internet, viewing it as a powerful tool for economic development and opposed new taxes on the Internet to foster continued business growth and electronic commerce...
...think [Beauregard's election] reflects the increased commitment to diversity that the previous boards have tried to foster, including the current one," said outgoing HCS business manager David B. Alpert...
...union among undergraduates. During the elections, a senior, campaigning on behalf of two running-mates, accosted me outside the Science Center and literally followed me all the way back to my dorm, along the way playing up the merits of both his candidates and the community they would ostensibly foster. When I asked him why community matters so much, he alluded to the many cases of suicide and depression students in the College suffer. Fair enough, but I don't think any student government could relieve academic burnout or loneliness with more forums in Harvard Hall. Nor do I think...
...unreasonable, particularly in anorganization designed to foster participation in ademocratic political system, for people to want toelect their leaders," Markham says. "I think amore inclusive voting process would serve to bringmore people into the IOP, and give SAC members anincentive to be accountable to the associates whoelect them...