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Calling Price’s last-minute introduction of the plan “a public charade and public sham,” committee member Joseph G. Grassi, said he would vote down both Price’s and D’Alessandro’s proposals...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Committee Debates School Consolidation Plan Plans | 11/13/2002 | See Source »

...case has been shown publicly to be a sham, and the only charge I am facing is a basic traffic offense,” he wrote in an e-mail to friends and supporters after Tuesday’s hearing. “The moral victory is ours...

Author: By Amit R. Paley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alum Faces Lesser Charges in Malawi | 10/31/2002 | See Source »

...bargaining is dead, at least in America. Yet one beloved area bagel chain promises that services are negotiable. Now no one knows the allure of a catchy, meaningless rhyme more than the FM staff, but could this truly be a sham? Can an honest man finagle nothing these days? FM investigates...

Author: By Nicholas J. Reifsnyder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Finagling Bagle Proves Difficult | 10/17/2002 | See Source »

...Just over the border in Pakistan, Musharraf was stung by the success of Kashmir's poll. He loathes the prospect of Kashmiri acceptance of India's rule, which the successful election suggests. (State-run Pakistan TV dubbed it "a farce and a sham.") In his own election, he managed to tame Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League. Together, they won less than half the places in the 342-seatNational Assembly. But unofficial estimates put voter turnout for the polls at around 30%?less than in Kashmir. And Musharraf failed to anticipate the rise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ballots Over Bullets | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

...declared in breach of its post-Gulf War obligations and face the military consequences. The trick will be to make such a resolution so tough that the American Administration does not think Saddam can wriggle out of its terms, while not making the whole exercise appear a cynical sham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Not as lonely as he looks | 9/16/2002 | See Source »

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