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This alienation, said Cisneros has "left usnearly bereft of the ability and will to cometogether to use the great lever that can begovernment--which belongs to all of us--to effectchange...
Kevorkian had rigged a canister of carbon monoxide so that Sue, with the good hand, could push a lever to release the deadly gas. According to experts, carbon monoxide causes a headache, sometimes severe, before it kills. Sue made no mention of that but asked after several minutes why it was taking so long. As recorded by Kevorkian in his notes, "Within 2 minutes her breathing deepened, in 4 minutes her complexion became deep red, eyes widened, then she fell unconscious, eyes closed somewhat, breathing stertorous, gradually diminishing in volume and frequency to final deep gasps which diminished in frequency...
...brief spell of spring lever and a little planning have left five Kirkland House juniors sporting just shines on their crowns...
...those who once considered voting for Perot, 38% pulled the lever for Clinton, vs. only 33% who stuck with Perot to the end. Perot won a bigger share of the vote than any other independent candidate in this century, save Teddy Roosevelt, who got 27.4% in 1912. But the maverick Texan got little boost from his final TV blitz. On election night he said he would continue to be "the grain of sand" that irritates an oyster into producing a pearl...
...what of those who could easily pull the lever but won't bestir themselves? They tend to be people who are too wrapped up in their daily life to pay much attention to outside matters -- TV, sports and rock music perhaps excepted. If incessant nagging did push them into the polling booths, there is no warrant for believing it would also provoke them to study the issues and the candidates' backgrounds. At a bad best, their votes would be prompted by some irrelevant emotional factor, a candidate's age or winning smile, perhaps...