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Another surprise is that neither decision seems to have been quite the betrayal of principle that critics have portrayed. Dole at worst showed a dismaying propensity to convince himself of what he wanted to believe: that he could conscientiously propose a big tax cut while preserving his hard-won reputation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELECTION '96: CLINTON AND DOLE: TWO MEN, TWO DECISIONS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

Many referrals involve such learning disabilities as attention deficit disorder. North Carolina's Dr. Levine says that the methodology used is often "ridiculous" and that add misdiagnoses abound. Ultimately, he says, special ed. is a resource-allocation issue. "We have to be honest," he argues. "Why can't a community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STRUGGLE TO PAY FOR SPECIAL ED. | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

QUOTE OF NOTE: "I knew you had to spend money to make money, but this is getting ridiculous."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: ALASKA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

It is only fitting that Bob Dole's last minute attempts to save himself politically with a frenzied attack on Clintonian ethics should coincide with the staging of This Town. It is even more fitting that the show should be performed at that last bastion of liberalism, Harvard's Kennedy...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: 'This Town' Skewers Washington in Cambridge | 10/31/1996 | See Source »

The play progresses around the investigation of what the journalists hope is their Holy Grail of a scandal, "Scampergate." Involving the White House dog Scamper, the scandal expands to include all sorts of wrongdoing or "perceptions" of wrongdoing in a ridiculous attempt by the press to uncover something (read: Whitewater...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: 'This Town' Skewers Washington in Cambridge | 10/31/1996 | See Source »

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