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...next challenge will be to keep his message fresh. His gibe at Congress--"Cut their pay and send them home"--lost much of its punch when Republicans took over the House and Senate in January. Says Charlie Black, a senior adviser to Gramm: "While Lamar is out talking about turning federal programs back to the states, his two principal competitors are in the Senate actually doing it." Black adds, "'I don't work in Washington' is an address, not a message...
...outrageous that the only mention of human-rights violations in Cuba comes from Fidel Castro--and, worse, as the punch line of a joke--since all major human-rights organizations have repeatedly condemned his regime as one of the world's most repressive. As for the statement that there is ``no organized opposition'' to Castro inside the country, perhaps this is because dissidents are routinely harassed, beaten and jailed at his order. Having met many of the men and women who bravely jeopardize what little freedom they have to achieve a new Cuba, I am certain they would be eager...
...wants to see the show on an ordinary night can buy tickets at regular prices, or can buy student rush tickets an hour before the show for $10. "Harvard may be elite," Ms. Rose reluctantly concedes, "but the Pudding is more so--at least Harvard has an open punch." So does the Pudding; for the cast, punch is called "auditions," and for the tech crew, band, and business staff, punch is called "applications." Many company members--and many of the audience members at Man of the Year--are even on Financial...
Clarkson's high-scoring punch leaves most opponents in the dust, averaging over five goals a game in the league this year. Lamp-lighters like Marko Tuomainen (20 goals-31 assists-51 points), Patrice Robitaille (25-21-46) and Claude Morin (13-33-46) are counted on to find...
...President Rudenstine and Provost Carnesale aregong to be a very good one-two punch on studentaid and research funding issues," Rowe says...