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...with Iraq raised the questions we should ask ourselves [IRAQ, Oct.14]. The Bush Administration has whipped up post--Sept. 11 fear to a froth, just in time to stop freewheeling discussion of the string of economic and moral disasters that should have buried Republicans' chances in the midterm elections. These audacious political tactics, brilliantly orchestrated, imperil the future of the U.S. and of world peace. JOYCE GEHRINGER Pleasant Ridge, Mich...
...midterm election Nov. 5 has lighted up the issue even more. While control of the House hangs in the balance and the race for the Senate is a DEAd heat, the political trend for marijuana is clear: support is gaining. The most interesting battles on the November ballot are over pot initiatives: to allow the city of San Francisco to grow and distribute medical marijuana, to replace jail with rehab in Ohio and decriminalize marijuana use in Arizona. Many of these proposals are relatively modest, but the pro-pot forces are also raising the stakes. In spite of the electorate...
Senators on both sides of the aisle broke down on Friday as they talked about their idealistic fallen comrade, but it wasn't long before they returned to the cold calculus of midterm elections. With Wellstone's death, the Senate is divided 49 to 49 to 1. If Coleman were to win, he would fill the vacancy immediately, and Republicans would suddenly have an advantage that could help them push through President Bush's struggling Homeland Security bill before the new year. Optimism, though, was hard to find among G.O.P. officials, who fear a possible repeat of what one G.O.P...
...GOSSIP OF THE WEEK: Stacy P. Somers ’06 was up all night studying for her “Cold War” midterm. “If I had just kept up with the reading, I wouldn’t have been awake all last night,” she reflected...Tim E. Grayson ’04 thinks the dining hall hot dogs are the worst he’s ever had. “I don’t really understand why it’s true,” he said...
Greenspan said the students suggested Hart appoint Watson as the guest lecturer. Watson had given a review session before the midterm for Lowell House students...