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...FIRST WORLD LEADERS TO SEEK AN AUDIENCE with Vice President Albert Gore is, naturally enough, Norway's Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, who headed the World Commission on Environment and Development. Brundtland's mission, however, could not be more environmentally incorrect. She wants her buddy from the Earth Summit in Rio to promise that the U.S. won't take punitive economic measures against Norway, which plans to defy an international moratorium on whaling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will The System Defeat Al Gore? | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

...society doesn't make a big deal out of major anniversaries. This year much attention, politically correct and politically incorrect alike, has been given to the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World. A little over a year ago, a dramatic ceremony commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. For God's sake, it wasn't too long ago that there was a gala ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Spam...

Author: By Adam D. Taxin, | Title: The Forgotten Coup | 1/4/1993 | See Source »

...refuses to partake of the benevolent Christmas spirit. To such words as "goodwill" and "brotherhood," he responds, "Humbug," not because the second one is politically incorrect, but because he's just a greedy, unfeeling jerk...

Author: By Marc D. Zelanko, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Wacky, Happy Carol | 12/17/1992 | See Source »

...much of a compromise? Some have said that an individual has between a 42 to 44 percent chance of getting into their first choice house; some have said that 43 percent of each house will be filled by people who put it down as their first choice. Both are incorrect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Whole Story on Why `Enhanced Choice' Is the Right Plan | 12/7/1992 | See Source »

...many years, the accepted colloquial term for Spanish speakers was simply "Spanish." This misleading and incorrect expression has been used by both non-Spanish and native speakers alike. Calling someone "Spanish" implies that that person is of Spanish descent (i.e., from Spain...

Author: By Joseph A. Acevedo, | Title: The Name Game | 11/24/1992 | See Source »

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