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While these events have sparked a renewed discussion of the merits of the death penalty, neither court case should actually determine the outcome of the debate. It was widely rumored that several representatives changed their votes as a result of the "flawed" Woodward verdict. Well-informed debate, not current events, ought to inform the decisions our legislators make...

Author: By Michael M. Rosen, | Title: Clearing the Underbrush | 12/2/1997 | See Source »

...Well-informed debate, not current events, ought to inform the decisions our legislators make...

Author: By Michael M. Rosen, | Title: Clearing the Underbrush | 12/2/1997 | See Source »

Malin said the office is marshaling its resources to inform Harvard's international community of the new regulations...

Author: By Marc J.ambinder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Laws Complicate Foreign Students' Lives | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...often hear about the extraordinary powers of television: the power to amuse and inform the masses, the power to reshape politics, the power to bring together far-flung peoples. These are all significant, but there's another that's even more impressive--the power to keep a four-year-old quiet. All parents know about this miraculous effect, and many take advantage of it without even caring what program is on--Mannix reruns, Cochran and Company, golf--as long as the child sits staring dumbly at the fires of the TV hearth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: TUBE FOR TOTS | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...their time. Harvard should not deny students cable based upon what they think of the quality of the programming. Such paternalism is not the administration's role. More importantly, a cable wire to every dorm room at Harvard would provide a great opportunity for media-inclined Harvard students to inform and entertain their colleagues through television...

Author: By Marshall I. Lewy, | Title: I Want My HTV | 11/19/1997 | See Source »

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