Word: objections
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though the staff has correctly condemned the close-mouthed policies of the Ad Board, we object to their generalizations about "final club culture." This claim represents an unsubstantiated judgment about a group of people. Such a generalization is especially inappropriate considering that only one of the three students involved in the incident was a club member...
...interview with TIME, President Clinton referred to a private citizen as "Joe Six-Pack" [NATION, April 13]. I object to this characterization. Clinton's arrogance and obvious disregard for the average person is appalling. During the 1992 campaign, President George Bush called Clinton a "bozo." At the time, I thought Bush's comment was unstatesmanlike. But now I'm wondering if Bush didn't have a greater insight into Clinton's character than anyone imagined. LARRY MUNSTERMAN Pacific City...
...they clearly know more about their own companies than anyone on Wall Street. So their actions as a group say something about the market as a whole. That's why analysts monitor things like insider stock transactions, new stock offerings and corporate stock buybacks. Even for wealthy CEOs, the object is to buy low and sell high, whether in managing the company's coffers or their...
...between the software titan and its many foes (the Justice Department, the House and Senate judiciary committees and a flock of state attorneys general are all scrutinizing Microsoft's monopoly power), both sides are hiring whomever it takes to win over public opinion, and price appears to be no object...
...spoken-sung vocals, is a commentary on rock journalism. "It's a little bit of an answer song," says Gordon. "The media, which are predominantly made up of men, are always writing what they think 'women in rock' is, and it always winds up being some sexually seductive object." The band is at its best on the nine-minute song Wildflower Soul. It's a ballad that moves smartly from tangles of arty noise to stretches of grace. A Thousand Leaves isn't always easy to listen to, but it's always fascinating...