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The Fact that Bill Clinton was impeached as a result of partisan voting in the House of Representatives shows how ridiculous this process is [NATION, Dec. 28-Jan. 4]. Has any other American President met as much spiteful opposition as Clinton? How many more hypocritical Republicans are going to be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 18, 1999 | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

Carswell's further discussion of the O.A. is quite to the point--he himself realizes its superiority to any E., however A. His illustration includes one of the key "Wake up the Grader" phrases--"It is absurd." What force! What gall! What fun! "Ridiculous," "hopeless," "nonsense," on the one hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/15/1999 | See Source »

Then they jam-packed the stage with British folk singer/tradition bearer David Jones, actors Patrick English, Sarah deLima and Richard Snee, the 40-member Revels Chorus, a merry company of Music Hall "artistes," the Pudding Lane Waits, the Dingley Dell Dancers, a parlor orchestra, the Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble, The...

Author: By Phua MEI Pin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Christmas Revels Come But Once a Year--Thankfully | 1/8/1999 | See Source »

Last week SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS called acting a "tiresome, disturbing and distasteful" profession, not to mention a "complete waste of time." Apparently years of accolades, knighting ceremonies and Academy Awards have left Tony a little bitter. In an interview with the British tabloid News of the World, Hopkins announced he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 28, 1998 | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

I'm as antismoking as they come, but what they're doing in Florida--arresting teens for smoking--is ludicrous [NATION, Dec. 7]. Being close to the age of some of the young offenders, I can say the new law wouldn't stop me either. It is ridiculous to think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 28, 1998 | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

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