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What organization will rise anew from SAC's ashes is still unclear. Some have worried that in pursuit of equal access to students, the IOP may not provide for any leadership roles through which students can channel their concerns. Perhaps these fears will be alleviated at this morning's breakfast meeting. Perhaps also Pryor's actions will not set a dangerous precedent, and the leaders of this new structure will not live in a state of permanent unease that they, too, may find themselves suddenly undesirable...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: A Fait Accompli at the Institute of Politics | 11/15/2000 | See Source »

...want democracy fulfilled," said Gore campaign chairman Bill Daley. It's a lovely idea, but an impossible one. In a country that seems to promise everyone life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, someone is always going to feel gypped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Cheers for Good Old, Sloppy Democracy | 11/10/2000 | See Source »

...business. Gore, on the other hand, is a rather strange individual. He has seemed in the campaign like a rapper on MTV, all strut and no strength. He cannot summon the courage to break with his patrons (the unions, the White House) but is aggressive and cutting in the pursuit of power; he will divide to conquer. He is a sophisticated man, and yet he speaks the language of yesterday's class warfare. He seems at times like an illustration of the idea that some modern men have become, in the great age of feminism, confused about what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Case for Bush | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...Government exists to preserve that opportunity. To see that every citizen gets his chance at life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, no matter what he started off with. And for a president, that responsibility is a personal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Al and Dubya Had a Final 15 Minutes of TV Time... | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...Israelis feel a lot like their prime minister - deeply frustrated. They want to get tough, but they know they have to go on with the pursuit of peace. At the moment the bomb went off, Barak's office was waiting for Arafat to make his promised televised announcement calling for calm. But the announcement never came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mideast Cease-Fire: 'Peres Is Not Very Hopeful' | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

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