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...slated already. If a candidate can get on enough ballots, then he's eligible for a national primary--an open-door affair in which any eligible voter who requests a Reform ballot can participate. On paper, at least, the rules are fair. But there's still room for mischief. Republicans or Democrats can sabotage the Reform Party's primary, flooding it with ballots in an effort to nominate someone who would most hurt their opponent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take My Party, Please | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...have learned that to vindicate one's rights," Berkowitz says, "it can be necessary and fun to make a little mischief...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Berkowitz's Appeal Process Spanned 1998-99 Academic Year | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...have learned that to vindicate one'srights," Berkowitz says, "it can be necessary andfun to make a little mischief...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tenure appeal spans 1998-99 academic year | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...Ronna's predicament, which blossoms from the opportunity to make some much-needed rent money off a drug deal while her friend Simon (Desmond Askew), a supermarket co-worker and the usual middle man, is out of town. Conveying Ronna's sly confidence in the temporary world of criminal mischief is Polley's ultimate strength. Her character deftly handles every potentially dangerous situation, able to hock her friend Claire (Katie Holmes) as collateral for a bottleful of ecstasy, sell over-the-counter pills as drugs at a rave and field such situations as arrest and death. The transformation from indolent...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wake Up and 'Go-Go' | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...Ronna's predicament, which blossoms from the opportunity to make some much-needed rent money off a drug deal while her friend Simon (Desmond Askew), a supermarket coworker and the usual middle man, is out of town. Conveying Ronna's sly confidence in the temporary world of criminal mischief is Polley's ultimate strength. Her character deftly handles every potentially dangerous situation, able to hock her friend Claire (Katie Holmes) as collateral for a bottleful of ecstasy, sell over-the-counter pills as drugs at a rave and field such situations as arrest and death. The transformation from indolent suburban...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wake Up and `Go-Go' | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

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