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...start with the electoral college and then get to the Florida mess. Why did the founders set up this system? A: They were divided. Some wanted Congress to pick the president. Others wanted the citizens to choose directly. The electoral college was the compromise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Bound | 11/11/2000 | See Source »

Bring back the Dream Team. Reassemble the legal samurai who pettifogged Bill Clinton through the Monica Lewinsky mess. Frog-march the presidency through months of exhausting litigation. It will tear the nation apart. The stock market may head south and keep going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Injection of Lawyers Will Harm the Nation | 11/10/2000 | See Source »

...regret our forbearance. Despite the prevalence of baked goods and fruit, Brain Break provisions disappear, consumed by the famished hordes of our housemates and classmates, almost as soon as they are set out. In the wake of the mad rush for food, there is also usually an unfortunamte mess left to greet the dining hall staff the next morning...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Break Fit for Harvard Brains | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

...mixed by leading garage producers Artful Dodger, aim to provide an introduction to the garage sound. The opener, Artful Dodger's own "Woman Trouble," is enormously convincing: if listeners are initially thrown off by its weird, shuffling beats, even the most funk-deprived booties will succumb to the awesome mess of kick drums, crisp snares, fat melodic bass and sensuous vocals that soon follow. The remaining tracks mirror this musical blueprint with fairly uniform degrees of success. Even a remix of an All Saints song manages to sound fresh...

Author: By Arts Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Albums | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

...praise for the way Americans and their politicians have handled the meltdown. Two days after the election the results aren't known, but the streets are calm, the nation is going about its business and nobody doubts the stability of the system or its ability to resolve the mess. In countless other countries, there'd be blood on the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Election: What the Neighbors are Saying | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

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