Word: lash
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America was built by the lash and by liberty; both the immoral and the moral contributed to its greatness. African Americans have been able to deal with this anomaly. It is time for other Americans to become aware that it was such contradictions that wove this nation into what it is today. HELEN GENTRY Detroit...
...impeachment is too severe a penalty for Clinton and censure too mild, why not consider flogging, Singapore-style? Perhaps one lash for each liaison with Lewinsky might be appropriate. Hillary could administer the punishment, and if it were on pay-per-view TV, enough revenue could be generated to reimburse the long-suffering taxpayer for the cost of the Starr investigation. STANLEY SAPERSTEIN Encino, Calif...
...believes that media violence undermines kids' resilience and self-control, psychological mechanisms that allow people to bounce back and to count to 10 before they lash out. Some biologists--Harvard's E.O. Wilson has pioneered this thinking--believe there is a genetic component to these traits, that kids like Luke and Kip simply lack the DNA that keeps their fingers off the trigger. In the end, Satan is certainly the easier explanation, if less intellectually satisfying. As Kurt Cobain once sang, "Now the people cry and the people moan/ ... And try to find some place to rest their bones/ While...
...tells him so. Each of them tries to enlist the support of a third friend, Yvan, who has other things on his mind, mainly his approaching wedding. In the brief 90 minutes that French author Yasmina Reza's play takes to unfold, the three will debate modern art, lash out at each other with insults they will later regret, and generally explore the nature of their shaky friendship...
According to Frank J. Gorke '99, a student activist involved with planning the Democracy Teach-Ins, this sort of back-lash is even present in some activists and has led to a more moderate activist front...