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Quite simply, Bush will have no Presidential honeymoon. Democrats in Congress will punish Bush for his say nothing campaign. They have no incentive to adopt Bush's proposals, because he offered none for popular referendum. Bush will be little more than a four-year lame duck...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Bush's Victory Is Hollow | 11/9/1988 | See Source »

Harvard should abandon the pretentious and lame distinction between Core courses and the rest of the curriculum. Students deserve more opportunity to explore the rich departmental offerings. Right now, fulfilling requirements is just a chore...

Author: By Steven J.S. Glick, | Title: In-Core-porate Department Courses | 10/25/1988 | See Source »

...budget nostrums. The Vice President escaped serious challenge on his implausible insistence that his so-called flexible freeze of 4% budget growth can accommodate new domestic proposals like $1,000 child-care grants, special-interest tax cuts and muscular military spending. Dukakis, however, was hammered as he repeated his lame argument from the primaries that up to $100 billion can be recovered by vigorous enforcement of existing tax laws. Challenged as to what taxes he would raise as a last resort, Dukakis asked haplessly, "May I disagree with the premise of your question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Scores A Warm Win | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...refreshing to hear any Stones product that's this good, so good that it makes you wonder why all the Stones albums since the excellent Some Girls 10 years ago have been so lame. Maybe Richards needed to escape from the restrictions of the Stones' marathon studio sessions and ego circuses in order to stretch and flex his musical muscles...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Keith Richards Breaks the Silence | 10/14/1988 | See Source »

...early display of congressional muscle, both houses quickly passed a five-year, $20 billion clean-water act that Reagan had vetoed the previous session. When the President sent the bill back again, Congress easily overrode his veto. The pattern for the final two years of the lame-duck President's term was set: in almost contemptuous defiance of vetoes and threats, Congress enacted expensive measures to improve highways and mass transit, mandate 60- day notification of plant closings and layoffs, provide help to the homeless, bolster elementary and secondary education, and provide protection against catastrophic illness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kings of The Hill Who needs Dukakis? | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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