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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...council? Ostensibly, the council also speaks for the student body, both to the administration and to the world. But again, on this campus a democratically elected assembly from the houses is not the best way of gauging and representing student opinion. Nearly any yahoo who wants a council seat can get one, and even if elections were to become competitive overnight, it would still be impractical to expect the council to genuinely reflect student opinion...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: The Council Conundrum | 12/14/1999 | See Source »

...until he fought for and won Barry Goldwater's Senate seat in 1986 that McCain began to search for a broader mission. "In the Senate you have greater freedom," recalls former administrative assistant Chris Koch. "It's not that he had a specific agenda of A, B, C. He just wanted to get out of being perceived as just a Navy guy and war hero who is good on national security." And soon enough he had a chance to fight for a cause closer to his constituents' hearts--when he resisted a rise in Medicare premiums. It was his greatest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Power and The Story | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...million Amount sought by a man who claims that a faulty Starbucks' toilet seat crushed his penis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Dec. 13, 1999 | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...pressure started getting sucked out of the cabin and it was weird. So I could feel the air being sucked out and I was being like sucked out of the window. And I was like calling the flight attendant for help. So I was holding on to the seat in front of me. So the flight attendant comes by and so I am like holding on to her arm and I'm like help, help. And eventually we both got sucked out of the plane and we started like falling down and I was using my shirt as a parachute...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Throwing a Curve Ball: FM Asks the U.C. Presidential Candidates Questions They Never Expected. | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...walls. Like many college dorms, there is a dart board and a picture of Shaft, a teddy bear on the bookshelf, and a Detroit Red Wings banner. Plants seems at home in his room, comfortable with the clutter, and when guests come over, he kindly offers them a seat on a sketchy futon and a glass of iced...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Throwing a Curve Ball: FM Asks the U.C. Presidential Candidates Questions They Never Expected. | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

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