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...discomfort is typical. "There's just something about Clinton," says Thomas, 30, "and as someone disaffected with politics, I'm attracted to an anti- candidate candidate. Maybe it's a rebellion thing. Tsongas seems genuine -- and just because he's a dweeb doesn't mean he can't govern." So Thomas is raising money for Clinton and voting for Tsongas. "That's Chicago," she says. "It's kinda neat, isn't it?" And nutty...
Harrison Salisbury, the veteran New York Times correspondent and popular historian, comes right out and calls Mao an emperor -- and not the first one to take power through a peasant rebellion. Precisely because Mao was a peasant, he was unprepared to govern China and modernize it. A "pseudo- Marxist" bored by statistics and budgets, Mao was interested mainly in class warfare and "mobilization of the masses," who he was convinced could do anything if properly exhorted...
According to Task Force member Naomi Hamburg, those of the report's rape provisions that govern sexual intercourse, including such activities as vaginal sex and fellatio, apply penalties only to male offenders. The provisions permit the Administrative Board to sanction men for engaging in sex with a willing partner whom the Board later deems was incapable of "reasoned consent" because of alcohol intake. According to report coauthor Dean Janet Viggiani, mere alcohol influence, rather than full-fledged intoxication, can justify a rape conviction. A man can be convicted even if the sexual act was non-forcible and initiated...
...gauging the force and direction of the tides of power in world affairs. For example, writing immediately after the failed Moscow putsch of last August, he predicts with remarkable prescience that the Soviet Union will dissolve into a "commonwealth of free and equal nations" that "will coordinate, not govern, the actions of republics." Consequently, his advice on foreign policy is well worth the attention even of those who still gag on hearing his name...
...these proposals into practice, he needs to be able to work within the structure of government. Those who would disagree have the specter of Jimmy Carter (shudder) as a man who campaigned against Washington and tried to govern without it as well. A Buchanan presidency would be similar in terms of its ultimate effectiveness...