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...assume these views point self-righteous fingers at groups such as the Naked Party, the Smash the Blood Sucking Oppressor Party and the party without a name. These three groups are the only ones who challenged the mainstream parties in last year's elections. Where are all of these "frivolous parties," my dear senators? Yes, the Naked Party was extreme. They were naked. But, Naked had several valid proposals including telephone voting and pay cuts for SG officers. The nameless party sought improvements in on-campus cable television programming and activities for on-campus students...
Congratulations goes to Richard V. Scali, Cambridge License Commission's Executive Officer, for his haughty and self-righteous "Cops Belong in Shops" letter to the editor (Jan. 9). In his insolent discourse, Scali takes issue with a December 9 Crimson editorial slamming the "Cops in Shops" program...
...sister Diana. The Tudors too were embroiled in endless marital controversies, though Spencer cannot end his with the finality available to Henry VIII--the thud of the headsman's ax. Still, one may wonder if Spencer was trying to display a similarly majestic, if less fatal, gesture--whether his righteous bombast against the media, delivered ostensibly to deify his sister, was not a self-interested attempt to raise himself above the prying eyes of the press. If so, he has not elevated himself high enough, as was proved last week in Cape Town, South Africa, where Spencer found himself exposed...
...YEAR'S RESOLUTION] Find story about yet another minority saved by a righteous white...
...lock in this advantage, Congress is considering something called the Internet Tax Freedom Act. The bill is sponsored by Democratic Senator Ron Wyden and Republican Congressman Chris Cox and backed by President Bill Clinton. Despite its characteristically cyber-self-righteous title, the bill would require only tax neutrality between the Internet and other channels of commerce. And it would only impose a multiyear "moratorium" (the length differs in the House and Senate versions) to prevent "chaos" while the issue is studied by a presidential commission...