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...century for Conservatives. "There's this enormous feeling in Britain that the Tories have been around too long and it?s time for a change, and that's extraodinarily powerful," reports TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand. "Secondly, even though they have turned the economy around, the Conservatives have ruined their economic reputation by doing such things as devaluating sterling. The Tories have tried to run on their economic record with the slogan 'Britain is Booming: don't let Labour ruin it.' It seems not to have had too much effect. Although the economy is doing well, Major...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Major Surgery | 5/1/1997 | See Source »

...whole diversity thing. I wanted to know what approaches or suggestions the coalition had, what ingenious or compelling ideas this consortium of students had conceived to help increase the number of minority faculty members. Not only did the protesters cry of "We want diversity and we want it now" ruin my concentration, it undermined my interest in the diversity coalition's cause...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: The Empty Shout | 4/25/1997 | See Source »

...There was discussion whether they wanted to continue trying to find a full time chair and not ruin the momentum or to find some kind of temporary appointment," said the history professor...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: Holocaust Chair Decision Unlikely Anytime Soon | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

...weaning infant bidding farewell to his final bottle, first-years watch mournfully as they learn how to unroll a condom on a wooden penis. Lamenting Eros' death at Harvard is like watching the State of the Union address; it's not at all revealing, but still important enough to ruin a night of TV. In truth, the weighty miasma of chastity that hangs over Harvard merely clouds a deeper problem that no one wants to address: Harvard students are afraid of intimacy...

Author: By Gabriel B. Eber, | Title: Stay Away From Me | 3/15/1997 | See Source »

...dominant liberal ideology on campus. Apparently, a band of left-wing terrorists thought it would be amusing to create over two-dozen fraudulent posters that would lead the reader to believe Peninsula was a home for racists and bigots. The goal was to libel the magazine and ruin the good names of those associated with it; scaring off potential recruits was merely an added side benefit. The vandals, though, were too scared and embarrassed to sign their names; whereas Peninsula has always, and will always, proudly and publicly stand behind its positions and its posters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Investigate and Punish Peninsula Poster Vandals | 3/12/1997 | See Source »

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