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...press conference afterward, George Bush called the outcome in Congress "a clear signal that Iraq cannot scorn the Jan. 15 deadline." The votes also represented a tactical victory for Bush and a stunning turnaround of congressional sentiment. When the newly elected 102nd Congress assembled in Washington on Jan. 3, few lawmakers believed a majority could be found in either chamber favoring a quick resort to force. What seemed to be shaping up instead was a tug-of-war with the President over Congress's constitutional right to declare war. For months Bush had avoided seeking congressional approval of his gulf...
...UPSETTING as this rampant sexism is Hungary's scorn toward women's issues. Hungarians, male and female, cringe at the word "feminism." No political party has a platform on women. Individual politicians, when asked what is their position on women's issues, answer that it is not an issue. Only western journalists ask the question...
Despite the scorn the pitches often elicit, there are indications that consumers don't mind the junk deluge as much as they sometimes say. A national survey released last June by Equifax found that direct-market mailings stimulated 54% of all Americans to make at least one purchase. One of every six Americans has made six or more purchases through the mail. By contrast, only 15% have bought at least one item through TV home-shopping clubs, and only 14% have responded to telephone solicitations...
With regard to the assertion that the audience "pointed with scorn" at Dean [of Students Archie C.] Epps, nobody I've questioned recalls this incident. Perhaps Sneider is confusing this rally with another rally he did not attend...
...same about other University administrators more directly responsible for undergraduate life? Would they deem "unresponsive" and "authoritarian" Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett's meetings with women over Harvard's date rape policy? Apparently so. When Nader lambasted Harvard's "faceless bureaucrats," his audience pointed with scorn to Dean of Students Archie Epps who was watching the rally from a window in University Hall...