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...Gore, his rival for the Democratic nomination, and spending big in New Hampshire to keep his poll numbers from slipping. And despite Gore's onslaught, by week's end it was Bradley's campaign--that bastion of honor--that had been forced to apologize for a shrill attack pamphlet it had distributed in New Hampshire. While Bradley's advisers in New Jersey were dealing with that little fiasco and wondering how they had managed to cede Gore the moral high ground, the candidate called them from California with more sobering news. Bradley had to cut short a campaign swing...
Your article on the reaction to genetically modified crops read just like an antibiotech pamphlet. Your reporting of a Food and Drug Administration public hearing on biotechnology quoted no government scientists or university experts who discussed the safety of the technology. What's most appalling, though, is that you ended your piece with a warning that food producers might uproot an industry that could help feed the world if they overreact to "fears fanned by well-fed consumers." Articles headlined "Who's Afraid of Frankenfood?" serve only to fan those fears. C. MANLY MOLPUS PRESIDENT AND CEO Grocery Manufacturers...
...reporter's bible, a 32-page pamphlet containing such pearls of wisdom as "Each reporter must bring his or her own pens to the building. But beware, The Crimson is crawling with pen thieves. Guard pens carefully. (Helpful hint: pens don't work well when wet. The well-prepared reporter always has a couple of pencils handy to use while covering rainy-day protests and rallies...
...pamphlet goes on to say that the RUS initiative will be a "consciousness-raising effort to bring issues of gender to the forefront of campus discussion...
...pamphlet asks students to vote on a number of different incarnations the RUS of the future could take. Options range from "Radcliffe Union of Students should begin a campaign to raise an endowment from the Radcliffe College Alumni Association so that we can continue our discussions and grants as usual" to a blank space for written suggestions...