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Ornstein believes that the majority of this Congress, having come to their positions in a political decade marked by corruption and cynicism at the top, often look down the Hill when Carter speaks and instinctively declare themselves against the President unless he can prove them wrong. Deliberation, debate and even outrage are all vital elements of the democratic process. Determining when legislators should enlist in the larger cause is not an easy thing. But observers like Ornstein fear that at times we are being ill served by dozens of members of Congress who claim their right to determine foreign policy...
...camera, Actress Candice Bergen stood her ground against an Italian male chauvinist pig in Lina Wertmuller's The End of the World in Our Usual Bed, etc. Off camera, too, she has become a feminist. To prove it, Bergen, 31, joined Gloria Steinem and other members of the National Women's Political Caucus last week at a fund raiser for the Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA, she told the audience, assures women in the U.S. "only the fundamental human rights." As for Italian women: "They've [just] gone from basic black to blue jeans and marching, from...
...week ahead. But do not buy any Canadian Club whiskey. The C.C. people have informed me that they hid a case of their wonderful blended whiskey somewhere in Boston. Your mission this week, should you choose to accept it, is to find that gold mine. The following clues will prove helpful...
Just three months stand between Scott Turow and what will probably prove a far greater source of pride: his J.D. degree. With a job to look forward to, and without his former enthusiasm for academics, there is little to hold Turow's interest in the Law School in the meantime. And plainly, Turow is looking forward to working in the U.S. Attorney's office--he says being a prosecutor will "renew that 1L feeling of 'How in God's name am I going to make it through all these commitments?'" Most of all, though, his new job should afford Turow...
...next week the real season begins, when the cream is sifted from the curdle and teammates battle stroke-for-stroke for a varsity berth. "Just because you're short doesn't mean you can't make it," says the ever-optimistic Paulovich. "I'm psyched to prove...