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...hour-long speech was an apt symbol of Clinton's presidency after one year: a bold, ungainly, often messy affair that moves in many directions, is impervious to order and yet, by sheer dint of effort, may prove successful. Recent polls have shown that Americans -- whatever they think of his policies and his character -- appreciate Clinton's formidable energy and his doughty resilience. And Clinton knows these traits are his biggest advantages. As he told a senior Republican lawmaker last fall, "I'm a lot like Baby Huey. I'm fat. I'm ugly. But if you push me down...
Wade in the Water is a welcome baptism of knowledge. In 26 hour-long segments that begin airing this month on most NPR stations, the program is as entertaining and informative as the best documentary series on PBS, a sort of Eyes on the Prize for the ears. Each episode examines, through music, a part of the history of blacks in America -- in all covering 200 years of spirituals, hymns and gospel songs...
...because his arguments were clear whereas Mansfield's were not. Bosco's attempt to separate debate skill from arguments misses the point that the former can be a necessary part of the latter; Bosco cannot fault Harvard students for failing to appreciate arguments Mansfield never really made in the hour-long debate...
While Martin Yan is a valuable member of Asian American society, he is yet another media image of the exotic Asian. Asking the Asian equivalent of Buckwheat to give an hour-long demonstration of Chinese cooking and Tai-Chi does nothing for campus race relations. In fact, it perpetuates the stereotypes the Foundation aims to eliminate...
...north!" The unlikely crier, Buffalo disk jockey Darren McKee, stands near the Peace Bridge that links New York State with Ontario, bellowing excerpts from a Washington Post article through a bullhorn to Canadians on the far shore. WXYT, a Detroit AM station, provides Canadians in neighboring Windsor with an hour-long reading of the same article. The show, seditiously dubbed "Radio Free Windsor," has a loftier purpose, according to Michael Packer, WXYT's director of operations: "It's a reminder to the American side of the importance of freedom of the press...