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...know (lest the howls of outrage rise) that some people cannot, and should not, imbibe alcohol. People with alcoholism in the family, devout Baptists and pious Muslims, diabetics and schizophrenics and several of my more, um, belligerent friends--for these folks and others, my solution to the Harvard blues is out of bounds. And of course, of course it isn't a good idea to be a blithering idiot and drink yourself into a stupor and end up at UHS, any more than it's a good idea to go skinny-dipping in shark-infested waters or eat those...
...graduate boards of the clubs are wary of litigation, "lest any of those alumni officers lose every penny they have," says Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68, who has spoken out harshly against the clubs...
...REALITY CHECK: Greenspan, of course, has the luxury of living in the economists' world provided by the budget projections of Clinton's Office of Management and Budget, a world of consistent spending and political discipline. A world that does not exist in Washington. And lest the assembled senators start scouring Greenspan's bank statements for big checks marked "GWB," the Fed chairman closed his prepared remarks with a big fat disclaimer and smacked the ball back into the politicians' court...
Some will surely argue that we need tough laws to prevent some kook from setting up a DNA shop on a deserted island and breeding superbabies--a genetic Temptation Island. Others will say we need an international ban lest we find ourselves taking orders from the next Saddam Hussein's eugenically brewed army...
...will reform Social Security and Medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent. And we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans. We will build our defenses beyond challenge" - that would be SDI - "lest weakness invite challenge." And those faith-based organizations? "They will have an honored place in our plans and laws," Bush declared. "Compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government...