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...alter that outcome, leading congressional Republicans have been advising President Bill Clinton to get rid of Saddam once and for all. Depose him, capture him, kill him if necessary. That's the only sure way to terminate the seven-year-old practice of "cheat and retreat" that has let Iraq squirrel away warheads capable of carrying enough biological weapons to threaten its neighbors. It is a simple solution--in theory...
...Blackwell, the famous arbiter of fashion disasters. "Beverly Hills would be more suitable for her because it's a more plastic area." Monica is essentially a feline, Mr. Blackwell says. "She loves cleavage, bust lines, scoop necks, legs, the whole scene." And thank God, says he, she got rid of those dreadful bangs...
...Indonesian government aggressively encouraged anything that would boost exports and thus increase the nation's income. It established rules that let companies do business more effectively. But we grew too many businesses. They were like cockroaches and rats, and now it is very hard to get rid of them. Only a miracle can solve Indonesia's problems. We are too scared to change and afraid to sacrifice our comfort. PARIANTORO HADIMOTO Bogor, Indonesia...
Sometime during exam period, I received an e-mail from a Harvard student whom I had never met. "The main reason I voted for you," it read, "was because of your promise to work to get rid of the grade gap. I was wondering whether you had made any progress." Since that time, I have received a handful of similar e-mails--questions about the possibility of opening the MAC earlier, a few rants about dining services inflexibility, a suggestion that keycard access be the top priority. All referred to a single issue raised during the campaign...
...about their daily routine, but to us they represent opportunities missed, projects abandoned and friendships unstruck. They are the could-have-beens of our college careers. Maybe someday one of them will discover a cure for some disease, and then people will say to us, "Laundry-Basket Boy just rid the world of multiple sclerosis. Weren't you in college together?" Or maybe Pre-Frosh could have been a great friend of ours. We'll never know. What's embarrassing is not that we aren't part of their lives, but rather that they aren't part of ours...