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Nixon in private conversation is making a distinction between the kinds of metaphoric punishment he and his advisors would face at the conclusion of the investigation. In context, Nixon imagined something less than the complete loss of political life he was to suffer. Though my disappointment in Bill Clinton had...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: It's Not Too Late | 2/10/2000 | See Source »

With that same precision and experience, the begoggled Dan Clemente should have no trouble at all surpassing that mark.

Author: By J. MITCHELL Little, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Athlete of the week: Dead-eye Dan? | 2/9/2000 | See Source »

Thus, the challenge that presently faces us--the liberals of our generation--is to define with more precision just exactly what it is that we believe.

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Finding a Center For the Left | 2/2/2000 | See Source »

And so the information gathering will go both ways. Already the San Francisco-based political-consulting firm Aristotle matches voting patterns with the personal information many of us give away online when signing up for services like free e-mail. The result is an ability to target voters from specific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point, Click, Win! | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

More misapprehensions ensue. Plato is particularly incisive on the works of E.A. Poe, a term he believes stands for Eminent American Poet. This writer, Plato declares, "has described the characteristics of the American empire with very great precision. Its inhabitants dwelled in very large and very old houses, which, perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ahead to the Past | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

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