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For years the consumer activist never dived into electoral politics. Now the man whose 1965 auto-industry polemic, Unsafe at Any Speed, brought us mandatory seat belts is on a collision course with Al Gore. In the Bush-Gore race, Nader could throw the election to Bush by draining liberal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Just Mad About Nader | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

This adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew features only four actors, one for Petruchio ("the tamer"), one for Kate ("the shrew"), one for Kate's sister Bianca and one for everyone else. This should be the perfect environment for the repartee between Kate and Petruchio, in the Shakespearean play...

Author: By Arts Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fall Theater Preview | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

A. The Ken Burns series on the Civil War. It was a high point and illustrates the approach to scholarly undertaking that I was bent on defending. It's not a polemic of any kind and it doesn't promote an agenda. It shows the worst part of what we...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lynne Cheney: Accustomed to the Crossfire | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

Nader's crusade against "corporate abuse" isn't new. For two generations, the Harvard-trained lawyer turned activist has been an American icon. There are children's books about him. His 1965 polemic on auto safety, Unsafe at Any Speed, led to taken-for-granted items like seat belts in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retro Cool? Ralph Nader's Campaign | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

According to a Take Back the Night flyer, "TBTN rallies and vigils protesting violence against women have taken place internationally for over twenty years. At Harvard, TBTN is an entire week's worth of events promoting awareness and action about women's issues." Abortion is not an issue of gender...

Author: By Mattie J. Germer and Erin L. Sheley, S | Title: Take Abortion Out of TBTN | 4/13/2000 | See Source »

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