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...other Republicans will throw themselves in the way of any reform bill, Clinton can push for it without having to concern himself that it will actually happen. To prove he's serious about the matter, Clinton would have to go beyond a legislative proposal and orchestrate an immense grass-roots campaign, a full-throated national roar so long and loud that reform becomes inevitable. But a President known for renting out the Lincoln Bedroom may lack the stature to make that happen...
...Grass-roots tenants unions, like the Campaign to Save 2,000 Homes, are attempting to conduct negotiations with landlords to avoid immediate or drastic rent increases...
...budget shortfall and bonds that have been downgraded to junk. Last week Florida Governor Lawton Chiles declared Miami to be in a "fiscal emergency" and said he would name a financial control board to oversee its finances. This could be the city's last chance to save itself; a grass-roots movement of Miami citizens has gained support for a proposal to dissolve Miami into surrounding Dade County and do away with city government...
...begin with sporting events. First came the Harvard-Yale game. The weather had been getting colder and winter jackets were appearing when suddenly, on the day of the game, the weather couldn't have been better. It was pleasant and crisp, and students cavorted in the grass outside the stadium, without a hint of the impending winter. It only made sense that we won; it would have been silly to lose after the sky had been cleared so effectively. Then what about the soccer games? At the first round of the NCAA championships, Harvard won rather dramatically. It was relatively...
...Campaign to Save 2000 Homes, a grass roots protest group initiated by the Cambridge Eviction Free Zone earlier this year, is demanding that large Cambridge landowners agree to negotiate a deal similar to the one now existing between Harvard and the City of Cambridge...