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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...partisan support throughout Congress for the ban, Clinton has taken it upon himself to ignore the sentiment of the American people. Though Clinton claimed that the reason for his veto was "to save a woman's life or to avert serious health consequences to her," he neglected to mention that the bill had a provision which provided for an exception to the ban if the abortion was "necessary to save the life of a mother whose life was in danger by a disorder, illness or injury, and if no other medical procedure would save her life." Therefore, the reason Clinton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clinton Partial-Birth Veto Was Callous | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

...selection as the Commencement Speaker for that year? No poll was conducted to my knowledge, but I'd venture a guess: not many. Seldom has such myopia been demonstrated by an entire staff (minus three) of supposedly intelligent journalists. This essay demonstrates a lack of education, not to mention a lack of tact...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Opinion Page Too Much to Bear | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

...thesis. Was it so poorly written, or so uninteresting, that she wishes it to be buried along with the other reams of unread academic research by this year's senior class? If Ms. Carrier went to the trouble of writing an entire article based on her thesis (not to mention the trouble I and many like me took to read said editorial), it would be nice if that thesis were actually a readable piece of work. Debunking one's own work tends to lessen the strength of any subsequent articles, Ms. Carrier...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Opinion Page Too Much to Bear | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

Personally, I wish my mohawk-headed friend had taken more ethnic studies classes. Perhaps he would have realized the diversity of experiences in the Asian-American (not to mention Chinese-American) community, and not been so quick to lump them all together under demagogically convenient labels...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ethnic Studies Has Merit | 5/10/1996 | See Source »

...contract Jaeger presented yesterday made no mention of unions. Instead, it would have required Harvard to guarantee that it will only contract out to employees who abide by ethical and legal employing practices, according to Williams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unions Protest Hiring Practices | 5/10/1996 | See Source »

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