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This gives protectionist interests room to work, and they do what they can to take advantage. When they're successful, however, it's generally not because they have managed to buy representatives or senators for $5,000 (the maximum contribution a PAC is allowed), but rather because they've convinced members of Congress that a stand against protection will anger voters. A senator from Michigan who opposed restrictions on imported cars would risk losing office, not because he would be unable to raise enough money to run for reelection, but because so many of his constituents would turn...

Author: By Ira W. Carnahan, | Title: Ballot Box 1, Cash Box 0 | 1/30/1998 | See Source »

...Cougars' loss means No. 6 Washington (7-1), a 27-0 winner over Southern California, has control of the Pac-10 race and goes to the Rose Bowl if it wins the rest of the way--against Oregon, UCLA and Washington State...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Huskers Stomp Sooners; PSU Hangs Tough in Evanston | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...Nobody in my room uses their PAC code," she said

Author: By Carlos A. Monje jr., CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Charges for Long Distance Calls Will Decrease | 9/25/1997 | See Source »

Electronic games like Pac-Man, Tetris, Doom and Myst are the totems of a generation and have etched an indelible imprint on the American psyche. Or so J.C. Herz, the 25-year-old author of Joystick Nation (Little, Brown; 230 pages; $23.95), would have her readers believe. For as Herz sees it, video games aren't just kid stuff; they are "theme parks of the mind" that reflect the fears, fantasies and desires lurking in every human soul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: ALL WIRED UP | 7/14/1997 | See Source »

...ability to work around the clock, along with his childhood obsession with games like Pac-Man and his Bill Gatesian decision to drop out of college to write software, are traits Romero shares with many top-notch programmers. He met Hall and the two Carmacks at a company called Soft Disk in Shreveport, La., in 1989, and within two years the four had launched id, settling by 1992 in a Dallas suburb called Mesquite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEYOND DOOM AND QUAKE | 6/23/1997 | See Source »

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