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...front page of Washington's paper of record on the same day that 300,000 gay activists were expected to descend on the nation's capital for their Millennium March. In these final months of the Clinton administration the President has been scurrying to the left to shore up his legacy on liberal causes. There should be little doubt that the administration wants to be remembered for having done something to battle the plague of the latter half of the 20th century...
...generation ago, Irish Catholics, Jews and blacks were not considered worthy of membership. A woman’s place was, well, in her own club, the Chilton-—not in the den of men, in any event. At Myopia Hunt Club on Boston’s North Shore, women golfers were forbidden to enter through the main door or linger in the lounge...
...Internally, we want to shore up our membership. Our first goal will be to make sure that the Class of '04 feels welcome and realizes that they are not alone," Bright wrote. "Once the new members have been welcomed, we would like to have some sort of event where we can all get to know each other better...
...Coming on the heels of Thomas Penfield Jackson's finding against Microsoft and state court actions brought against gun manufacturers, the Florida verdict seems to shore up a trend in which the public is turning to the courts and local governments - rather than to federal politicians - to seek redress against powerful special interests. It also explains why the Washington lobbyists would want to spread their gospel beyond the Beltway. "The judge will always instruct the jury that they're only to base their judgment on the facts of this case and not accept any outside influence," says TIME legal analyst...
...seems to be the point of today's announcement. Sure, Sony made a splash last month with the Playstation2 launch in Japan. And, yeah, Microsoft grabbed headlines with 2001 promises of its own high-powered gaming console, the X-box. But now Sega is taking the Net step to shore up its Dreamcast business...