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...awaits their pronouncement with bated breath. While neither of us is quite sure where we stand on these issues, we can't wait to see what the council decides for us on our behalf. And we're certain that action by our commanding Undergraduate Council will be not only prudent but also effective. Chinese President Jiang Zemin must be quaking in his boots. DAVID J. MILLER '01 KAJ VAZALES '01 March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Gay Marriage Bill Oversteps Bounds | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

...awaits their pronouncement with bated breath. While neither of us is quite sure where we stand on these issues, we can't wait to see what the council decides for us on our behalf. And we're certain that action by our commanding Undergraduate Council will be not only prudent but also effective. Chinese President Jiang Zemin must be quaking in his boots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

...after me. It seems unlikely that the Turnpike Authority, which had honored a number of Garden State luminaries in that manner, would turn to an ordinary driver who is not from New Jersey, but I thought that nipping the idea in the bud was the sort of thing a prudent citizen did in preparing for his eventual demise. So I was surprised to learn last week that Joe DiMaggio--a man who raised preparation to an art form, a man who planted himself in center field so perfectly for each batter that he was customarily able to catch fly-balls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Exit Was That, Joe DiMaggio? | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

...Prudent management--not exclusivity--dictates that they should be private," he said. "Some of the management issues in the 1990s necessitate each club look at how it functions...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Owl Bars Doors to Non-Members | 2/23/1999 | See Source »

Most surprising, perhaps, for many Gen-Xers, who think living together is a prudent rehearsal for "I do," the report contends that cohabitation reduces the likelihood of later wedded bliss. It quotes a 1992 study of 3,300 adults showing that those who had lived with a partner were 46% more likely to divorce than those who had not. "The longer you cohabit, the more tolerant you are of divorce," says David Popenoe, the sociologist who co-wrote the study. "You're used to living in a low-commitment relationship, and it's hard to shift that kind of mental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bad Start? | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

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