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...City Manager Robert W. Healy introduced an ordinance that would impose stringent restrictions on smoking in the city, more than 120 restaurateurs converged on City Hall to urge the City Council to reject the proposed...
...Adelboden in Switzerland marked his third giant-slalom triumph of the season and his 10th win overall in the current World Cup series. He is so far ahead of the competition that the Cup already seems to be a customized Tomba Tumbler--though the superstitious superstar is quick to reject such ideas. After Adelboden, he hedged: ``Even if the victories boost my morale, it gets tiring. I'm not sure I can keep...
...that these students had already read the book and formed a well-reasoned opinion of it. In fact, I suspect that they did so, and certainly there are many reasons to reject the book's claims--several eloquently stated by the second speaker of the evening, Professor of Geology Stephen Jay Gould. What concerns me about their mode of expression is how antithetical it is to the manner of seeking truth agreed upon at Harvard, thoughtful debate in the marketplace of ideas (not symbols...
...this is irrelevant if Limbaugh is, as he often frames himself, merely an entertainer. His demagoguery has no place in political discussion, and consequently many of those who reject his methods convince themselves that he is a peripheral voice, incapable of any real impact. Unfortunately, it has been made only too clear since the election that Mr. Limbaugh's words are not trivial. Incoming first-term Republicans have called themselves the "Dittohead Caucus," in homage to Limbaugh, and as a speaker at their preinaugural conference, he gave not comic relief, but advice to the newly elected class. Many Republicans have...
Murray's advent suggests that some whites may have come to reject the Melting Pot as well. Like the Left, Murray's message is essentially that race means more than private identity, that it has a strong political element as well. While integration may be desirable, he argues, it might never be possible...