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...enough that Bush signalled that shadow governments are acceptable and the separation of powers meaningless by cooperating in the Iran-contra cover-up. He didn't even exhibit a shred of courage by admitting that what Weinberger and the others did was wrong, but that he had chosen to pardon them anyway...

Author: By Jordan Schreiber, | Title: Playing Santa Claus With the Law | 1/13/1993 | See Source »

...only you deserved it. I used to believe, as Paglia apparently still does, that there was something behind that facade, some shred of intellectual content to your image(s) to justify this attention. Or something. Whatever the case, I was wrong...

Author: By Thomas S. Hixson, | Title: An Open Letter to Madonna | 11/6/1992 | See Source »

...JOYOUS HOMECOMING FOR THIS SUMMER'S LITtle League World Champions turned sour even before the last shred of confetti hit the ground. Local sports columnists claimed that as many as half the players on the team from Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines were over the 12-year age limit (or 13 if the player's birthday is after Aug. 1). Little League officials in Manila stonewalled efforts to certify the players' ages, and most of the Philippine press and public seemed to view the accusations as an American plot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not-So-Little Leaguers Forfeit a Championship | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

...interviewed a number of career civil servants (and let me digress to say that if you have a lot of talent and ambition and want to victimize yourself in an occupation with inadequate pay--but have rejected elementary school teaching because it has some slight shred of respect--then the civil service is for you), and these people, many of whom actually run entire agencies, took me seriously. Truly gifted interns for whom truth is no handicap will find that worthwhile political connections are only a few business cards away...

Author: By Thomas S. Hixson, | Title: What I Did Over Summer Vacation | 9/16/1992 | See Source »

When they get to school, they can find out. That is, if the Admissions Office doesn't misplace, shred or otherwise lose the document called the "summary sheet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Open the Files | 4/10/1992 | See Source »

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