Word: generalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Good Man is Hard to Find," the second disk's meditative song about the Vietnam War dead, did not make the cut for Nebraska, which included not only several forgettable songs--"Highway Patrolman," "Used Cars"--but also some of Springsteen's most idiotic whooping ("State Trooper"). In general, though, it seems that Springsteen's editorial taste has been very good: the songs on the second disk (1980-83) often feel as if they might have been perfect for 1984's Born in the U.S.A., but there is almost always something missing, a glaring or a tiny imperfection. Songs like "Roulette...
Although the Undergraduate Council has been accused of inefficiency and an inability to inspire widespread student support since the October general elections, in recent weeks hundreds of undergraduates have put aside problem sets and missed group meetings to poster and strategize for presidential and vice-presidential candidates. The motives of campaign strategists and early-rising poster teams vary, but most cite a faith in platforms and in the Council's potential for campus change...
...Surgeon General David Satcher spoke about the importance of children's health care at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences last night...
Lately, a lot more has been bothering General Augusto Pinochet of Chile than his bad back. Visiting the United Kingdom for surgery, the former dictator of Chile was threatened with extradition by a Spanish judge for mass murder and brutality during his reign. Britain's House of Lords declined to give him the immunity heads of state usually receive, since hostage-taking and torture "do not qualify as legitimate acts of a head of state." By December 11, the British home secretary must decide whether or not to give the man with the bad back a break...
...Norma Holloway Johnson who has stepped up, sort of. The judge agreed to give two House investigators limited permission to read secret Justice Department memos drafted by FBI Director Louis Freeh and prosecutor Charles LaBella. Though the memos are filled with grand jury evidence about Clinton campaign finances, Attorney General Janet Reno has previously concluded the information does not add up to criminal wrongdoing. "Based on what we know," says Novak, "there doesn't seem to be anything there. Two other committees have already investigated the subject and come up with very little." Some House Judiciary committee members obviously feel...