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...always been the goal of the Harvard Lampoon to be the laughingstock of campus. And these days, they are doing remarkably well...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Punishing the Fools | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...evidence so far is inconclusive. The man in city hall has at times displayed a brand of competence unlike any we saw from Barry. The city is on the verge of a third straight budget surplus. The new police chief, Charles Ramsey, is remaking our laughingstock of a police department into an impressive law-enforcement agency; it not only handled the recent protests against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund with aplomb but also arrested a teenage suspect in the zoo shooting only 24 hours after it happened. A burst of new charter schools is providing students with educational...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ghost of Marion Barry | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

Once the investigation begins to focus on Citizen Clinton with no executive privilege, it's sure to deliver a fresh batch of slime. Clinton, the party's most popular and powerful figure in recent memory, has already become an international laughingstock for his sexual and moral misdeeds - and that embarassment may soon worsen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Long-Term Ripple Effect of Bob Ray's Investigation | 4/11/2000 | See Source »

...well as his cleavers, overhaul his campaign and his personal style, and finally say why he thinks he should be the next President. Bradley did many things wrong in the course of this campaign, but what he did right helped trigger the transformation of Al Gore--from the laughingstock of last summer to the focused, effective candidate who will be ready for the Republicans next fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Al Came Back To Life | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...University of Miami men's basketball team-for years the laughingstock of both the city and the school-has stormed onto the national scene...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, | Title: Hurricanes Ready For Storm | 3/9/1999 | See Source »

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