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Each candidate had managed to diminish the others, and so they headed into the crucial last days just where they had been before, only less so. The debate produced no reckless pledges or memorable visions. By the time it was over, many sensed there had been a clear winner, and that it had been Bill Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: INSIDE THE RACE: THE SECRET TEST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

...near misses accrue, however, fewer and fewer air controllers buy this party line. They warn that safe air travel is being compromised by obsolescent equipment, reckless penny pinching and severe staffing cuts that have eliminated 2,000 controller positions since 1982, even as air traffic has soared 35%. Says Gus Guerra, a California controller: "It's almost as though they're waiting for a midair collision where we lose hundreds of lives before they finally see the big light bulb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OUT-OF-CONTROL TOWER | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

...shame that while trying to assert a good idea, namely that Democrats need to stand for something and not just against Republicans, Cerny gets lost in a swarm of reckless generalizations and downright false-hoods about the College Democrats. We would like to begin by responding to a few of them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dems Should Stick Together | 1/22/1996 | See Source »

According to everyone I've spoken to who has driven under both policies, things are a lot different and a lot better now. Montana has done away with the speed limit in favor of a hefty fine for reckless driving, a charge which carries much stiffer insurance penalties than mere speeding. In the past, being pulled over for speeding was a minor inconvenience at its worst. Now, if you are pulled over because of the speed you're doing, its no joking matter...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Get Your Motor Running... | 1/10/1996 | See Source »

...many ways the CUE Guide is Harvard's answer to Mardi Gras. It is a reckless bacchanal, a time when values are inverted and hierarchies smashed. The mute speak; the evaluated evaluate. The "Justice" TF who gave you the B-? Nail 'er! And why not add something about her appearance while you're at it? Also the chemistry TF who humiliated you in section that one time--don't forget to mention that he taught an entire class with fly down, displaying to all the world his purple bikini underwear...

Author: By Dmitri Tymoczko, | Title: The Evaluation Game | 12/19/1995 | See Source »

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