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When does this cycle stop? If students are padding a resume or worrying endlessly about grades now, for what reason? Far too many are deferring their dreams for the sake of long-held or far-reaching ambitions whose results they may not even enjoy...
Dole has seen his long-held lead steadily erode over the past week. On Sunday, he enlisted the aid of former president candidate Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.) to portray himself as a true conservative and the only candidate able to beat President Clinton this November...
Furthermore, now that I have put down roots in the Pacific Northwest, I have been forced to rethink some of my long-held beliefs about population flows. It is evident to those of us who have grown to love and cherish this region that it is in danger of becoming much too crowded. Only a few days ago, as a visitor from the East, I would have described the vista I gaze at while writing this as a green landscape pleasantly dappled with humanity. Now that I live here, the same view stands revealed to me as a nightmare vision...
...after all. Their study of six male-to-female transsexuals showed that a tiny structure deep within a part of the brain that controls sexual function appeared to be more like the type found in women than that found in men. If confirmed, the study seems likely to challenge long-held beliefs about what it takes to make someone a man--or, a woman...
...political scene and gutted Republican numbers in Congress, the Republican Party rebuilt itself in the image of Ronald Reagan. His message of conservatism with a smile captured the hearts of voters. Ever since that time, the party has continued to move rightward, forcing longtime politicians like Dole to alter long-held positions to appeal to conservative voters. The current Congress is at work completing the anti-government revolution promised by Reagan...