Word: nation
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...their syllogistic aptitude, might be quick to point out that if a student must room with a gay roommate, male and female students should also be forced to room together. And to some extent, there might be some truth to the claim. At many universities across the nation, male and female students successfully share rooming arrangements. Yale University has coed bathrooms in some dormitories. On campus, Quincy House allows coed rooming groups...
...WHEN LETTER WRITERS ATTACK: Razor-edged vituperation may not add to enlightened discourse, but it has its pleasures--when you're not on the receiving end, at least. Our readers get wrathful at outspoken supporters of controversial politics, such as Lisa Bochard [NATION, May 24], shown with her M-16, whose recommendation that "teachers should be encouraged to have guns" earned the animus of 52: "When I read that, I had to scream." "Bochard's pathological relationship with her weapon makes me hope there are no little children who call her Mommy." "Pistol-packing pedagogues can teach the four...
...French and German consumers want 100% cotton T shirts only, please. Licensing executive Gianfranco Mari, head of the agency DIC 2 in Milan, underlines that "what sells in Italy may not sell in France." Then there is the tangle of various legal requirements and trademark laws in each nation, which the European Union has not exterminated. "Those laws can keep the lawyers happy for years," says Jaguar's Maries...
...which was designed to send the state a signal--Al Gore has finally figured out he has to work for its vote. Now running even in a primary race that he had once expected to be a blowout, Gore this week will give New Hampshire voters--and the nation--their first opportunity to compare him side-by-side with the surprisingly strong insurgent Bill Bradley. Until now, Gore has largely refrained from criticizing Bradley and his proposals directly. But in a feisty interview with TIME on Friday, Gore made clear he is ready to engage the battle...
...former "American Bandstand" host who has virtually cornered the market on TV specials, including the annual 90-minute New Year's fest, is being downsized to make room for daylong ABC News coverage of the millennial turnover, anchored by Peter Jennings. President Clinton is expected to address the nation near midnight, potentially bumping other programming off the airwaves. Clark - who has been host of New Year's Eve specials for the past 27 years - is still scheduled to count down the traditional ball drop in Times Square, but he won't be producing entertainment segments. "I've been relieved...