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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Moines Register ran an editorial on Kosovo and the various candidates under the headline MCCAIN 1, OTHERS 0. And in New Hampshire, where McCain hopes the state's famously independent-minded Republicans will reward his independence, a poll last week showed him leapfrogging over some of the lower-tier G.O.P. candidates into third place behind front runners George W. Bush and Elizabeth Dole. The result has been a boost in direct-mail fund-raising receipts and a spike in interest among activists in key states. Until a few weeks ago, Pete Spaulding, a Republican who serves on New Hampshire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The McCain Moment | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...excited too when he rails against popular ethanol subsidies in ethanol-dependent Iowa or preaches the value of ethnic diversity in lily-white New Hampshire. But ask him about the rest of his message, and McCain dutifully recites a list of issues he says "resonate" with voters: "lower taxes, smaller government, less regulation, Social Security [and] Medicare." His heart just doesn't seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The McCain Moment | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

Over the course of the semester, the Undergraduate Council has returned to the issue of textbook prices. While we appreciate the COOP's efforts over the course of the past year to lower prices and order more used titles, a report recently presented to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Committee on Undergraduate Education revealed that the COOP simply isn't positioned to compete with online booksellers. More than a dozen UC members compiled data comparing book prices at the COOP with the prices that online booksellers charge. In all, we collected information on new book titles for 24 classes...

Author: By Michael Shumsky, CHAIR UC BOOK PROJECT | Title: Lowering Your Book Prices | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

...Council's greatest successes this term has been in the fight for lower book prices. Two council-members, SAC Vice-Chair Michael Shumsky and UC Technology Coordinator Paul Gusmorino, along with SAC Chair John Paul Rollert, have created a website that finds students the best possible price to pay for their books from a range of different online booksellers. Because the Council will operate the website and provide the direct link to each of the online booksellers, it will make a commission that we will turn directly back to the student groups in the form of more and larger grants...

Author: By Noah Z. Seton, | Title: Message from the President | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

...situation is likely to get worse.Medicare cuts over the next five years areexpected to average 12 percent annually, but thusfar they have been significantly lower. This meansthat by 2002, reductions are expected to reach 18percent...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, Nathaniel L. Schwartz, and James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Funding Crisis Looms For Teaching Hospitals | 4/27/1999 | See Source »

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