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...very least, the election of 1992 acclimated the American public to the concept of third parties and third-party candidates. Polls show that a majority of Americans want a third major political choice. That so many Americans would prefer Colin Powell running as a third-party candidate, separated from the traditional party platforms, is further evidence of the movement towards a new phase in our political evolution...

Author: By Benjamin R. Kaplan, | Title: The Chemistry of Politics | 10/30/1995 | See Source »

...broke her ankle at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel the night before she was to address the conclave. "They told me I needed a cast to my knee. I said no. They said I would lose my foot. I said, 'I have to make a speech tomorrow and prefer to lose my foot.'" Harold Stassen, also 88 today, was in the U.S. delegation. The former Governor of Minnesota and perennial presidential hopeful recalls the thrill on June 21 as a plenary session in the city's Opera House received a motion to sign the charter: "Nobody spoke. Somebody said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE U.N. AT 50: WHO NEEDS IT? | 10/30/1995 | See Source »

...good way of going about that is to offer more and more specialized courses that are likely to get smaller enrollments for the type of people who prefer that type of class," he says. "The bad way of going about that is to limit courses like 'Justice' to 75 people...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Size of Core Courses Varies With Area | 10/16/1995 | See Source »

...descent. These students often feel that they are overlooked, simply because they don't fit the profile of any of the specific cultural clubs which already exist. Further-more, the mere presence of these clubs often pressures students to choose a label. And so to maintain their biraciality, students prefer not to become at all involved with these clubs. Feeling left out, students take measures like forming clubs similar to HAPA. Why do students feel that forming a club is the only method by which they can achieve a sense of identity? The existence of these clubs promotes the notion...

Author: By Nancy RAINE Reyes, | Title: Cutting Up With Clubs | 10/14/1995 | See Source »

Even while endorsing Coffey, we have to admit that the rest of the vice presidential candidates are a far more impressive bunch than the presidential candidates; we'd almost prefer that the races were switched. Former Treasurer Brian K. Blais '97 has been a steady worker outside the limelight, and Bradford E. Miller '97 (who is a Crimson editor) has pushed for several pieces of pro-student council legislation...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Our Team: Feeney and Coffey | 10/14/1995 | See Source »

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