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Christa M. Calagione '97 said she was also annoyed. "I was trying to call my boyfriend, because I knew I was going to be away this weekend and wouldn't be able to talk to him," she said. "I called the operator and told him my PAC code was not working...
Grownups, as a rule, don't get it. Which may be why the video-game craze has been seen by most adults -- including the captains of the entertainment industry -- as a dead end. For 20 years they have watched the advent of Pong and Pac-man, the rise and fall of Atari, the arrival of the Japanese, and have dismissed videogaming as a temporary detour far removed from the mainstream of modern American culture -- which is to say, movies and prime-time television...
After the meeting, Khalilah plays Tetris and Pac-Man in Computer Education class. The rest of the class is also playing games...
These ballooning projects create a self-perpetuating cycle of spending. In an effort to maintain their jobs, the military subculture battles the federal government for more money for wilder plans. It has virtually become the largest PAC (Political Action Committee) on the face of the planet. The U.S. already leads the world in defense systems, and these programs would only extend that lead--the military needs to learn...
...want it because they won't yield the financial advantage they currently enjoy. But the voluntary caps on campaign spending that Clinton favors are likely, a reform that seems lame but could be meaningful if voters retaliate against those candidates who won't play along. Clinton's $1,000 PAC-contribution ceiling may fail -- another casualty of Congress's power -- "but we'll get it down somewhat, and maybe to the $1,000 level if the boss wants to spend some political capital making a big push for it," says one of Clinton's aides...