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...groups now have." This status quo neutrality masquerades as impartiality or objectivity, advancing its objectives all the more insidiously by virtue of its ostensible ideological purity. Thus there is no apolitical foundation from which the ethnic studies advocates wish to displace the current curriculum. Ethnic studies advocates should not shrink from pointing this out, or denying the political roots of their action...

Author: By Frank A. Pasquale, | Title: A Justification for Ethnic Studies | 8/1/1995 | See Source »

...could prove the gloves were the same, and jurors may never be shown the videotape. The prosecution would like to introduce the tape to refute the testimony of defense bloodstain witness Herbert MacDonell, who is expected to testify that the blood could not have caused the gloves to shrink as much as prosecutors allege. Thedefenseargues the tape is not relevant to MacDonell's testimony. Ito has yet to decide the matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FILM AT 11 | 7/31/1995 | See Source »

...sake, they're also idiots! Alex is a ditz, Georgie cheated on her wonderful husband because she fell for a slimy shrink, Teddy uses sex to feel loved and Frankie married her sister's ex-husband. Newly-found half-sister Charlie has been reasonably sane so far, but just give her time. Nothing any of these women have done could possibly inspire anyone with half a brain to emulate them. Fans of the show watch them to feel better about their own lives, not to decide political stances...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, | Title: A Really Funny Top 10 List | 7/25/1995 | See Source »

...board, though. The effort to preserve an authentic Kennedys-and-Roosevelts-slept-here feel in the dorms has created wide discrepancies in room size and quality. Three months from now you could be showing your quarters to a photographer from House Beautiful. Or you could be consulting a shrink about your newly-acquired claustrophobia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: John F. Kennedy Slept Here; Soon You Will Too | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

...saysTIME's James Willwerth. "That was mandatory for their case." Prosecutors hope that showing Simpson wearing the new gloves will convince jurors that the only reason he had a bit of trouble donning the earlier pair was because blood and exposure to sun had caused the leather to shrink. The prosecution will wrap up the state's case in a few weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SIMPSON . . . THE GLOVE FIT | 6/21/1995 | See Source »

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