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Nonetheless, the separate perceptions that divide the White House and the Fed remained glaringly obvious. On the day before the CPI figure was released, Greenspan told Congress that "the current level of inflation, let alone an increase, is not acceptable." But on the same day, Michael Boskin, chairman of Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, testified, "I do not yet see a serious increase in the underlying inflation rate." Boskin edged a bit closer to the Fed chairman by adding that if prices do begin soaring, the Administration will "take quick action" and "support a policy that avoids an acceleration...
...reinstated by appealing to a Navajo tribal judge, who happens to be his brother-in-law. But last week the tribe's supreme court challenged the reinstatement. A new judge will hear MacDonald's latest appeal. Says Navajo Peterson Zah, a MacDonald rival and former tribal chief: "MacDonald has let the Navajo people down...
...ignored the truth that every parent knows: a prohibition is often an invitation in disguise. And in making his Valentine's Day call for massacre, Khomeini seems to have gone beyond overkill to hubris: unlike, say, the Christians who opposed The Last Temptation of Christ, he appears unwilling to let God take care of ultimate justice himself...
...Finally, let us think twice before denying homophobia around us. The Crimson recently paraphrased students as saying that the Saturday meeting was about deciding "how much toleration of different sexual orientations is necessary." That very statement is fraught with homophobia. Total toleration and even celebration of all sexual orientations--homo, bi, and hetero--is not only necessary, but is in the best interests...
Although Cleary refuses to let RPI's physical play dictate the style of the game, don't expect a Crimson scoring bonanza. RPI won't take the Crimson out of its skating game, but the Engineers will certainly throw up a few roadblocks...