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...Freshman Union last night. Duggan strolled down aisles between red-clothed dining tables handing out milk chocolate candies to freshmen willing to kiss her costumed head. The dark and wooden hall, usually echoing with the tumult of hundreds of feeding students, rang last night with the clamor of a cow bell Duggan shook in her hands...
...when Wendy walked in, I froze. I couldn't utter a word, and when the bell rang at the end of the day, I still had the gift tucked away in my pocket...
...enduring American optimism about the future collided with brutal reality: the political system was shaken to its foundations. The old political leadership was almost literally besieged. A new vanguard, arguing for a dramatic reordering of national priorities, emerged almost against its will, born of immense popular frustration. Then shots rang out in a hotel pantry. The U.S., a bitter and lacerated democracy of 200 million, was forced to choose its vision from a field narrowed by a demented electorate...
...Cheers rang out over the Beverly Hills junk-bond trading floor of Drexel Burnham Lambert at the news coming over the brokerage firm's wire. Jubilation also reigned among most New York Republicans, and quite probably in Mafia hangouts as well. Rudolph Giuliani, famed prosecutor of Wall Street manipulators (Drexel, Ivan Boesky), mobsters (the Colombo family) and corrupt politicians (former Bronx Democratic leader Stanley Friedman), announced that after 5 1/2 years as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, he would resign at month's end. Gotham Republicans, a tiny band of inveterate losers, delightedly anticipated being able...
...that happened, more than lives would be lost. On New Year's Eve a year ago, two men, both with AIDS, were sitting in front of the TV set, feeling gloomy and hoping they'd have the strength to stay awake until midnight. Then the doorbell rang. An Open Hand volunteer walked in with a box decorated with streamers and balloons. It contained champagne, pate, cheese, truffles, a hat and a noisemaker. The men broke down and cried. This New Year's Eve Open Hand brought the same treat to everybody on its list...