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Like anything else, there are pros and cons to both privatization and to tinkering. What troubles me, and what should trouble you, is the extent to which people are trying to influence-us by pointing out how much we have to gain from something without telling us how much everyone else might lose. Social Security keeps over 40 percent of the elderly above the poverty line because we pay a little more...
...Aibel's column on the pros and cons of the "Sperm Bank Solution" (Jan. 21) prompts the question: What will the Deans do about such rampant sexism? A College that cannot tolerate single-sex final clubs surely can't abide female students being denied honest and lucrative work solely because of gender. Their exclusion from the job opportunities enjoyed by men makes mockery of the University's non-discrimination policy. One possibility: Let the bank stay, but persuade its employees--easy come, easy go--to deposit half their earnings in an endowment supporting honors research by female peers--seed money...
...light bulbs and missile parts, the comedian was moved. "That affects me," he says. "I like that the people who own the show take pride in it." The meeting ended warmly but inconclusively. Seinfeld and his managers continued to talk, walking around the city's Upper West Side, discussing pros and cons. They returned to Los Angeles that night without having made a final decision...
Professional employees of the Daily (yes, unlike The Crimson, pros at the Daily displace students) receive benefits under public employee plans. The Daily even avoided paying sales taxes by relying on an IRS exemption certificate issued for the state university's exclusive...
Nobody will be surprised if Attorney General JANET RENO decides against naming an independent counsel to probe telephone fund raising by President CLINTON and Vice President AL GORE. The 1883 statute against soliciting funds on federal property has never been tested in a telephone-solicitation case, and Justice pros don't want to start now. But Justice insiders are astonished at the number of leaks that have sprung, far ahead of the Dec. 2 decision deadline, disclosing that Reno's staff and the FBI want to shut down the case. Some officials suspect that the leaks are trial balloons aimed...