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...according to some would-be disciples, however, taking CLS off law campuses presents a paradox...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Paying a Visit to the Crits | 10/6/1988 | See Source »

...final paradox of the current welfare system is what he terms the assistance-family structure conundrum. Much has been written about the break-up of the American family in the ghetto, and Ellwood argues that one of the structural problems inherent in the welfare system is that it may provide incentives for the dissolution of the nuclear family. Yet Ellwood in Poor Support is a sensitive critic, and he dismisses most of the conservative rhetoric about women "marrying" the welfare system instead of husbands...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Curing Social Ills | 8/12/1988 | See Source »

...paradox of this campaign is that Bush, for all his youthful grace and charm, is now displaying neither. The effortless way he assumed leadership at Andover and Yale has vanished. By contrast, Dukakis, who lacked Bush's early ease, is having some success using the determination from his early days to master the political art of appearing warm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tale of Two Childhoods | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

...thwart their bosses' desire for a more upbeat ending to the summit. They could be accused of defending parochial military interests. Indeed that is what they were doing. But that, of course, is what they are paid to do. In a relationship that is still rooted in the paradox of deterrence, the soldiers will have their say, including their veto over what the diplomats -- or, for that matter, the President and the General Secretary -- can accomplish at one meeting. Or four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summit's Good Soldiers | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

...what does Wolfe's dissection of New York City life tell us about the world so many graduates will enter? At best it belies a paradox...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Wolfe's Hard Sell | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

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