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...political advice to anyone running for office in the current media-saturated environment." That environment, plus Donna Rice, was the very thing that undid Hart's candidacy in 1988. How come he didn't write about it then? "Well," says Bellow, "it took him a decade to fully grasp the implications." Somebody should have bought him a calculator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW (VERY) GREEN WAS MY VALLEY | 3/25/1996 | See Source »

Still, rest assured that I too, as the new Crimson Ombudsperson, did my research. I have, through hours in the library, gained a grasp on the role I am assuming. Perhaps a less confusing title given to the Ombudsperson, I have learned, is "Reader Representative." My job, then, as the new reader representative will be to investigate and report on reader feedback to Crimson coverage. Although I need not agree with stances taken by Crimson readers, I will ensure that readers' comments are heard by the powers-that-be. Ideally, all the material for my biweekly column will be based...

Author: By Shawn Zeller, | Title: READER REPRESENTATIVE | 3/20/1996 | See Source »

Feelings of impotence born of the inability to protect those we love--Megan, the young girl whose name lives on in the law her death inspired, is a case in point--have led us to gloss over complexities and grasp at the closest semblance of security, even if in the process we destroy the sacred values of our society and brand people forever. Perhaps the saddest testament to our feeling of disintegration is that we are willing to give up on the possibilities of personal change to secure even a modicum of societal stability...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Privacy in the Age of Fear | 3/12/1996 | See Source »

...could buy a lot of cheap beer for $110--the full price of the course. But without Tocci's expertise you won't be able to impress your friends with your astounding grasp of mixology...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Training Master Mixers | 3/9/1996 | See Source »

...straight roommate, to his brittle, plucky sister and especially to a lonely boy named Ben and his dog Otis, another creature whose life is on hold. In the end there are resolutions, but the reader may want to postpone them. McCauley's particular skill lies in his grasp of the bonds that link straights and gays in the maze of life's daily dealings. There sexual preference counts a lot less than goodwill and a hardy knack for survival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: JUST CONNECT | 3/4/1996 | See Source »

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