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...recovering politicians: Geraldine Ferraro, David Stockman, David Gergen and former Senator John Culver have had stints there. The rigorous Mid-Career Public Administration program has come to be known as the "mid-life crisis program." The school is also suspect as a relatively painless way to give a Harvard gloss to an undergraduate degree from a land-grant college and for its networking possibilities. Says a participant: "Where else can a former mayor from Waco, Texas, sit around and chat with former Governors and Senators and attend classes taught by Presidential Scholar Richard Neustadt?" Even government officials seek the school...
Sassy has tackled such topics as losing one's virginity ("If you don't feel like you can talk to your partner, then it's probably time to reconsider"), how to kiss (not too wet or too wide, and never with flavored lip-gloss) and the "Truth About Boys' Bodies" ("the average amount of semen per ejaculation is one-quarter of an ounce"). Sandwiched between the glossy but no-nonsense fashion pages and gushing paeans to the latest teen idols is at least one hard-hitting article, like the story of a teen whose best friend died of AIDS...
...Ligachev chastised editors for going too far with Stalin exposes, accusing them of a "disrespectful attitude toward those generations that built socialism." In a February speech to party leaders, he again complained of people who "try to present our history as a chain of mistakes and crimes and to gloss over great achievements of the past and present." Added Ligachev: "All this is being done under the banner of glasnost -- a shameful occupation...
...possible that a major candidate can remain unknown despite more than four years of media attention? For example, the media frequently does no more than gloss over the fact that Jackson has never held an elected office before. Yet if Jackson receives the nomination for either president or vice president, his lack of political credentials will be almost unique in modern U.S. politics...
...which debuted this winter on East Coast newsstands as an instant, if uncritical, source of news on cheap airfares, hotel rates, package tours and where to spend a long weekend just about anyplace in the world. With its short deadline and weekly frequency, the magazine sacrifices some of the gloss common in the field in order to have the latest information for the fast-growing ranks of short-trip takers and long weekenders...