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...some of Paxon's peers, all of whom face re-election next November, the answer is yes--the sooner the better. "When I think of whom I want to see as the face of the Republican Party," says Oklahoma's Steve Largent, "I think of Bill Paxon." Largent is one of the group of disgruntled conservatives who fomented the rebellion that nearly toppled Gingrich. But Largent and others like him say that even if Gingrich has improved as manager of the G.O.P. majority, this hasn't eased the burden imposed on all Republicans by the Speaker's dismal public-approval...
...later left to start Soldier of Fortune magazine. The Boulder, Colo., publisher's "Action Library" runs heavily to books on armed combat and bombmaking. Among its classic titles: Homemade C-4: A Recipe for Survival, a book whose discussion of ammonium nitrate Timothy McVeigh allegedly used to assemble the Oklahoma City bomb. Paladin also sells instructional videos like Winning a Street Knife Fight: Realistic Offensive Techniques and the fast-selling Advanced Ultimate Sniper. Lund makes no apologies for the information he disseminates. "As a human, I feel very sorry for anyone who's put through any physical suffering," he told...
Harvard went almost 50 years before experiencing another truly great season. During that span, many other schools--Notre Dame, Michigan, Oklahoma--began the rise to the prominence they enjoy today...
...think stereotypes have very dangerous implications for society. You know, when the Oklahoma bombing took place, everyone thought it was the Muslims. There was a great sense of paranoia. There were individual families who were attacked, mosques defaced by graffiti. I even had a student ask me once, 'How can a rational and intelligent person like you be a Muslim?' It tells...
...Louis Harris and Associates, 85 percent of respondents who were around in 1963 can remember where they were, what they were doing or who they were with when they heard the news from Dallas. That's about the same number that recall their whereabouts at the time of the Oklahoma bombing and the O.J. acquittal in 1995. But when it came to Diana's death on the night of August 31, an overwhelming 97 percent found the incident had been seared into their memories. Harris says that is "about as close to everyone as you can get in a public...