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Cellucci said he supported school voucher programs and reaffirmed his opposition to rent control, but he also stressed that he believed politicians' goals ought to be tempered by understanding of their constituents' wishes...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cellucci Emphasizes Compromise At Institute of Politics Discussion | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

Cellucci said he supported school voucher programs and reaffirmed his opposition to rent control, but he also stressed that he believed politicians' goals ought to be tempered by understanding of their constituents' wishes...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cellucci Stresses Cooperation at IOP Discussion | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

...wall, U.S. officials are in no mood to give any ground. After all, he?s the villain who got them into this mess. But if he?d agree to get them out ?- and let the healing of Serbia begin before its condition gets even more desperate ? maybe Cohen & Co. ought to let him. Better the one that got away than the one that never left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cohen Loses Touch With Realpolitik Over Slobo | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

...nothing else, that ought to train a spotlight on McCain and give him a chance to stand as the Washington-based outsider against the Austin-based insider. In a two-person primary race, McCain hopes his personal story will implicitly carry a critique of Bush's. At the age of 40, Bush was still finding himself in Midland, Texas; McCain had already served as a naval aviator in the Vietnam War and endured 5 1/2 years of hell as a prisoner of war. And while Bush has used his father's name and connections to get ahead in business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: McCain's Next Battle | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...octogenarian William Shirer came in, Kip, a fellow octogenarian, fussed: "One should never reach the age of 80 because by then you realize your life is not worth a good goddam." After hearing all his projects in recent years, I finally got up the nerve to say, "You ought to write your own memoir." He replied, "I haven't had an interesting life. I've only met interesting people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: CLIFTON (Kip) FADIMAN | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

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