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Farrakhan is foul, but he is useful insofar as he casts light upon the larger confusion. For this reason, he should not be pressured, nor should any black leader be pressured, to recant anything. This lets him, and the present state of race relations in this country, off the hook. It is an invitation to euphemism, as Farrakhan cheerfully showed. We all should know what each of us thinks, and draw our conclusions. The advertisement in which the Anti- Defamation League reprinted Kallid Abdul Muhammad's little catalog of hatreds was brilliant for its restraint. It was an exercise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Yes for an Answer | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

...supervisor at the HYMC defended the center yesterday, saying mail delays result form foul-ups at the central Cambridge post office...

Author: By Marcus R. Wohlsen, | Title: First-Years Criticize Slow Mail Delivery | 2/25/1994 | See Source »

Harvard faced Princeton on January 8 and played the Tigers close before finally succumbing, 69-56. The Crimson was within four with 55 seconds to play, but stellar Tiger foul shooting, especially by Laura Leacy shooting, especially by Laura Leacy (10-10 from the line on her way 22 points), ultimately sank Harvard...

Author: By Mayer Bick, | Title: W. Cagers on Road | 2/18/1994 | See Source »

ROSS PEROT has become so consumed with national politics that he may not be paying enough attention to his computer-services company. New business for Perot Systems Corp. has trailed off, foul-ups have eaten into the profits on some major contracts, and a public stock offering has been postponed indefinitely. Analysts say the firm is undergoing a thorough restructuring and needs a strong hand to take control of things. Says one analyst: "The company really doesn't know what it wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Dallas | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

Upon reading that, the defendants, at least initially, acted a lot like losers. They cried foul, proclaimed defiance and plotted evasion. "A vulgar betrayal of over 200 years of tolerance toward protest," said Terry. Reverend Keith Tucci, also of Rescue, notes that RICO might force currently open protesters into a more violent underground. Scheidler pooh-poohs triple damages on grounds of his own poverty -- "you can't get blood from a turnip" -- and then reels off a couple of nonviolent schemes that might sidestep RICO. Spilling cranberry juice on white snow to simulate fetal blood might have impact, he suggests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Activist, My Mobster | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

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