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Trying to repeat his brave defense of American economic interests against environmentalism at Rio, Bush represents himself as the laissez-faire man. But what was courageous in Rio is short-sighted now. Regulations like the Endangered Species Act similarly pose a conflict between environment and economy, and Bush has rightly...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Gas Pains for Long-Winded Candidates | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

Such complaints are short-sighted and spiteful. These women had a bad time with their fathers, so they want to monitor men everywhere. They don't fell at home in a certain culture, but instead of finding one they like betten, they invade the centers of that culture and insist...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Boys Will Be Boys | 10/9/1992 | See Source »

That may be cold realism. But there are times when realism, a clear-sighted understanding of how things are, shades into fatalism, an assumption that they must stay that way. Eagleburger says he learned from Baker's Middle East diplomacy that persistence in a hopeless task can pay off. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comfortable In His Own Ample Skin: LAWRENCE EAGLEBURGER | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

Inertial and short-sighted American businesses must stop blaming taxation and regulation (which have severely declined in the Reagan-Bush era) for their own unwillingness to respond to the changes brought about by globalizing the American economy.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Continuing Dilemma | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

JOHN H. IBIS '92 was sighted last week pursuing various Harvard administrators around the Yard. Citing irreconcilable differences, Ibis said he fled his perch at a putative Bow St. Social club which periodically publishes parodies. Apparently, Ibis his been AWOL for several weeks, and some sources say he was seen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bird About Town: | 6/3/1992 | See Source »

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