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A young woman volunteer remains undeterred, even after I've explained that I'm registered. "You haven't filled out a pledge yet, have you?" she asks, and I haven't. We get to talking and she tells me MTV's only involvement in the event is in providing the...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: Searching for Kurt Loder | 9/25/1996 | See Source »

By the time Clinton arrived in Chicago for his party's convention in August, nothing that hinted at liberalism was left hanging on him. When the President, who had begun his term advocating the rights of gays in the military, came around to supporting the Defense of Marriage Act, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW HE GOT THERE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

The superintendents of the houses, with firm guidance (and monetary support) from the masters and the College, must pledge to make every room at Harvard as livable as every other in advance of the school year. Seniors and first-years pay no more in board than sophomores, and their service...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Moving In Is Hair-Raising | 9/17/1996 | See Source »

Badshah is an imposing chieftain in a land that seems medieval if not mythical. But Benazir won't think of marrying him until he brings her the head of Habibullah, the Indian bandit who killed her father. In carrying out his pledge, Badshah breaks Indian law. So he gives his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOORAY FOR BOLLYWOOD! | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

JERUSALEM: Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin made a secret promise to President Clinton that Israel would return the entire Golan Heights to Syria in exchange for peace, a prominent Israeli journalist said Wednesday. Rabin even kept the pledge secret from then-foreign minister Shimon Peres, Orly Azulai-Katz wrote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book: Rabin Promised Golan To Syria | 9/11/1996 | See Source »

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