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...that there are limits to political cynicism, even in a presidential election year. In a surprising turnabout, the House narrowly rejected the balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution by a vote of 280 to 153, just nine votes shy of the required two-thirds majority. The vote was a rebuff to President Bush, who has staked his dwindling prestige on amending the Constitution to mandate by fiat a balanced budget -- the holy grail of government that has eluded Presidents and legislators for the past 23 years...
...tempting to dismiss the latest manifestations of anti-Establishment sentiment as a short-term aberration. The Connecticut Democratic primary, after all, was highly unrepresentative: the turnout was low, the voters were angry, and local favorite Paul Tsongas had just withdrawn from the race. (In a clear rebuff to Clinton, the former Massachusetts Senator received 20% of the vote.) Still, there are contrary signs that suggest that 1992 will be far from a normal political campaign. A Harris poll at the end of last year found that voter alienation was at a 25- year peak. Turnout in primaries is even lower...
...access to the experimental drug is strictly limited, and for years desperate families have been pressing the Food and Drug Administration to make it widely available. Last week an FDA advisory panel issued a strong rebuff. After reviewing all the clinical studies, the panel agreed 8-0 that tacrine "did not show a clinically meaningful benefit." Moreover, the danger of its causing liver damage is significant, the group said...
...entry met a shocking rebuff. It is a lump-in-the-throat spot about Mike Sewell, a youth born with Down's syndrome, who found a job and happiness at McDonald's. The crowd in the giant auditorium at Cannes greeted it with raucous boos and whistles. "This is the most vicious, cynical, jaded audience in the world," said Marcio Moreira, creative director of McCann-Erickson Worldwide. "They don't like to have their emotions manipulated...
Even worse, Cantor latches onto Nietzsche's concept that humanity's focus has shifted from God to the community. Cantor adds no contemporary wisdom to the ideas of this late German philosopher--he just parades them as a grand "I told you so" rebuff to the media and other cultural evils of modern society...