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Ethnic studies would complicate our perceptions on race. And that's what all good scholarship does. It helps us see the shades of grey in every picture. That doesn't sound very separatist. It sounds like people just want to learn more about other people, maybe get rid of some stereotypes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ethnic Studies Has Merit | 5/10/1996 | See Source »

...growth in annual deficits. And in the final weeks of negotiation, Republicans had to restore about $5 billion in spending that the President wanted. Head Start, the Commerce Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and AmeriCorps, Clinton's volunteer-service project--all things the G.O.P. had sworn to get rid of or cut--were funded at levels not far from White House targets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: THE BIG FUNK | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

...told my wife that maybe we ought to get rid of the rotary telephone we were renting from AT&T. Having a definition of senility hanging on the wall of your kitchen seems to me unwise under any circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

Disney and ABC got rid of a nuisance, but Grant may be the real winner. When he returns to New York radio, as he surely will, he can blame the p.c. media for his firing. The rabid sorehead will be a professional martyr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOUSE TO MOUTH: SHUT UP! | 4/29/1996 | See Source »

...Harvard, I lived in the land of Wolverines, Lions, Pistons, Red Wings and Tigers. Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell and Jack Morris were my heroes in that magical year of 1984; later, I graduated to the Bad Boys and Hammertime bandwagons; today, I am a proud member of G.R.O.W. (Get Rid of Wayne), an underground organization seeking the ouster of the bumbling buffoon-cum-football coach Wayne "I Know my leg isn't broken, but I'm wearing this cast for good luck" Fontes...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Let ESPNet Show Us the Way | 4/27/1996 | See Source »

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