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...recognize that for a movement which is trying to gain more support among the student population having section leaders hold their classes at the shanties is an ingenious move. It widens the political base and makes the protesters appear to have larger numbers than what they actually possess. However, it seems a bit of a corruption to the educational process to which this university is charged. It also seems as though there is a possibility that other section leaders will not be as fairminded as mine. Not attending these section leaders' meeting could, in fact, lower a student's grade...
...start of the overtime, a Crimson player had to leave the game for holding. Within three seconds of her departure, the Knights had scored to possess their first lead...
...Crystal ends his letter on a note of high pomposity by saying, "I hear the objections: Where might [the protestors] argument take us tomorrow? To this I answer: What is happening today?" By this formulation, Mr. Crystal, assuming that he and those who agree with him already possess the moral high ground, absolves the protestors' actions because of what he sees as the special immediate circumstances. One wonders if Mr. Crystal would see such extenuating circumstances if the Conservative Club were to shout down or physically abuse a Sandinista speaker in anything approaching the way of the anti-contra protesters...
Practically everyone thinks he has a novel within him, if only there were time to get it down on paper. Mercifully, most would-be authors never get beyond the stage of boring friends, acquaintances and airplane seatmates. Of those who do write, rather than just talking about it, few possess the tale teller's gift, the capacity to invent or recall events in a way that makes them seem significant to outsiders. Fewer still have the discipline to master a new craft. But four worthy current novels, all thrillers or mysteries, display just such painstaking effort by men better known...
...mandatory sentencing provision "is unnecessary and, as drafted, it weakens and confuses current law." The mandatory sentencing aspects of the bill are far more effective as propaganda than as law enforcement; in 1985, President Reagan signed into law a bill mandating a 5-year prison term for those who possess firearms while committing a crime...