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...scenario, in itself, is remarkably offensive. Two weeks before he is up for reelection, the president is accused of making advances on a Girl Scout in the Oval Office. The media, of course, has no qualms and does not hesitate for a second in pouncing on the story. The president's opponent, in fact, takes it upon himself to broadcast a new commercial urging the masses not to vote for a "man who's lost his integrity"--the message is hilariously set against the background of the song, "Thank Heaven for Little Girls." Amidst all the frenzy, mysterious political consultant...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film at Eleven: Bigger, Better Conspiracy Theory | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

...might this be so? As Belle explains, although Harvard men as a collective tend to lack the moxie to make a move, as soon as a Harvard woman hits on him, the man summons just enough energy to flee. In an inverted historical scenario, the men on this campus seem to be afraid of the women...

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: I Can't Get No Satisfaction | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

...many ways, the crisis in Korea is a worst-case scenario of what could happen in Japan. Both economies are dominated by an unholy trinity of old-school politicians, bureaucrats and industrialists, whose "crony capitalism" has loaded up their respective countries with untenable debt. The crunch came in Korea when a wave of bankruptcies by conglomerates, or chaebol, crashed down on the country's banks, flooding them with write-offs for bad loans. Defaults of a comparable magnitude in Japan's $4.2 trillion economy, which is nearly 10 times the size of Korea's, could turn the so-called Asian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LAST, BEST HOPE | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

...What Gates may want to be more concerned about, though, is Wednesday?s New York Times report that state attorneys general have been meeting in secret to consider their own antitrust lawsuits. Throw in government investigations in Europe and a possible Senate hearing, and you have a similar scenario to the one that bled the tobacco giants. Did somebody say "timber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Firing Back at Bill | 12/17/1997 | See Source »

...surprise then that she is murdered soon after? James makes the scenario slightly more melodramatic, however, by fooling around with the murder scene. Venetia is found in her office, stabbed through the heart--wearing a judge's wig and covered in blood that is not her own. The initial horror of the murder makes the subsequent investigation all the more fascinating...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: P. D. James Delivers Stylish But Shallow Agatha Christie-ish Mystery | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

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