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...apparent (and only then), administrators realized something had gone wrong. Relegating student input to a token role in the planning process--a few seats on a committee--came back to haunt them. But even financial losses didn't make them heed the voices of dissatisfied undergraduates. Administrators continued to resist dramatic changes in lighting and furnishings. Their half-hearted response--a few couches and a pool table--could not overcome the utter lack of regard for undergraduate life apparent in the design...
...while "natural" doesn't mean "good," it may mean "hard to resist." A male potentate's lust is not just stronger than most women can appreciate but also stronger than most men can appreciate. Few of us regularly encounter fawning, nubile women, laughing at our every joke, sighing at our every insight, curious about our every distinguishing characteristic. The temptation fostered by such adoration is "designed"--by natural selection--to be powerful...
...drumbeat for impeachment hearings has already begun. "It will be very hard to resist the impetus" for hearings, says House Judiciary chair Henry Hyde. The process starts with a congressional investigation. It takes a majority vote of the House of Representatives to impeach, and if the vote carries, a trial is conducted by the Senate. A two-thirds vote is required to convict, which would cause the President to be removed from office. Andrew Johnson is the only President ever impeached, and the Senate failed to convict him. In the only other close call, Nixon resigned at the height...
WASHINGTON: Will this be Bill Clinton?s finest hour? The President presents the first balanced budget in 30 years to Congress Monday, a whopping $1.73 trillion package with a $9.5 billion surplus. And despite his ?save Social Security first? soundbite, Clinton does not appear to be able to resist splurging a bit on child care, education and medical research...
...power of votes, not money, also explains the country's legions of unnecessary military bases, water projects and highway projects. When members of Congress decided in 1988 and 1991 to hand over authority to a special base-closing commission, they didn't do so because they couldn't resist campaign contributions from wealthy military officers. Instead, they were simply afraid that they would suffer retribution from outraged voters who would lose their jobs or customers if the bases shut down...