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...government's handling of the issue and vowed to hold a congressional investigation. But even if Congress becomes embroiled in debating whether Janet Reno was too heavy-handed or whether the Miami family's tactics left her no choice, that discussion ultimately remains a political postmortem that will pertain more to the battle for votes in November than to the future of Elian Gonzalez. Even as an election issue, the fact that millions of American voters were clearly horrified by the enforcement operation may be canceled out by the fact that a majority favored returning the boy to his father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Outrage Unlikely to Alter Elian Outcome | 4/23/2000 | See Source »

...free to borrow them if you'd like: "To actually mail in those occult fecal-blood tests that doctors always give you after checkups" and "to stop honking my rubber-bulb ear-wax-removal syringe during performances of Arnold Schoenberg's opera Moses und Aron." Personal resolutions may simply pertain to your own vocabulary. For 2000, Sarah Jessica Parker has pledged not to use the F word. I also have a couple of purely lexical resolutions: "Not to use the words hiatus and credenza in the same sentence as much this year" and "to stop using the word umbelliferous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resolutions Without The Guilt | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Most of the documents pertain to the wreck of a body McCain brought back from Vietnam, specifically the five or so shattered bones that had either gone untreated or were mistreated by his captors. In recent years, McCain has had several skin cancers removed from his face and shoulders. But the report from a 1980 physical included a potentially embarrassing mention of what the doctor believed to be "herpetic lesions" on his genitals. Navy doctors who reviewed his records in the past few weeks, however, say McCain has never had a recurrence of the lesions, making it "very unlikely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Medical Records: The Diagnosis: Stable | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...objectifying, and in a way that never seems to pertain to guy jocks. Sure, Joe Namath did that take-it-all-off Noxzema ad years ago; Jim Palmer posed in his Jockey shorts, and there's always been a bold sexual element to NBA basketball. But by and large, male sports celebrity is calibrated by success. You win, you make more headlines, you make more dough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye to Heroin Chic. Now It's Sexy to Be Strong | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

Violations of these regulations committed by universities and colleges often include improper storage and disposal of hazardous waste. Regulations also pertain to facilities and food services...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: EPA Launches Program to Combat Campus Environmental Problems | 3/17/1999 | See Source »

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