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...route to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: Campaign director Bruce Lindsey explained what the near mute Clinton did when he was alone with aides. "He talks," Lindsey said with bemused resignation. "He can't, but that's what he does. He talks anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Final 48 Hours | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

...Democrats in Congress, who are frequently the scapegoats of government inaction, were surprisingly mute in response to the president's constant salvos. It is not surprising that in recent weeks, party higher-ups deferred defense of Democratic legislators to Bill Clinton, the party's presidential challenger. In any case, granting him their press coverage would ultimately work in their favor...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Curing Voter Schizophrenia | 11/11/1992 | See Source »

...wonder whether those familiar with Arkansas' "Dioxinville" and other eco-disasters share The Crimson's confidence in Clinton's election-year conversion to environmentalism. Heck, I even wonder whether Gore--who has been given a strict order to mute his eco-talk during this campaign--shares that confidence...

Author: By Jacques E.C. Hymans, | Title: They're All Muddy Water | 10/30/1992 | See Source »

...After the last two weeks, I'm convinced thatthe U.C. should be dissolved and other optionsconsidered," says recently elected Dunster Houserepresentative Douglas M. DeMay '94. "I think theU.C. is a mute point...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC Critics Call for Reforms | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

Through it all, the object of this desire and celebrity has remained mute, though his very appearance on the scene has spoken volumes. He is known as the Iceman, a Stone Age wanderer found one year ago remarkably preserved in the melting Similaun glacier high in the Alps. His discovery has already upset some long-held notions about the late Stone Age, chilled relations between Austria and Italy -- near whose border he was found -- and stimulated tourism and commerce. His age, established by radiocarbon dating as approximately 5,300 years, makes him by far the most ancient human being ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stone Age Iceman | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

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