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...exciting year can be summarized by three key events: the neverending O.J. Simpson saga, President Neil L. Rudenstine's overwhelming fatigue (and consequential absence from the college) and the complex yet so popular Gina Grant story. All these were unforgettable experiences in which much of the Harvard community has taken part and which have made this school year particularly interesting...
Firstly, we can begin with the O.J. Simpson mess. How should we understand what has happened to a great American hero? Undergoing a trial for the murder of his wife, Simpson somehow or other finds much of his diehard fans on the Harvard campus--evidence that on this campus, we live sheltered from the realities of life, of what is really going on. As the eternal optimist, the Harvard student has become enraptured in long hours of broadcast hearings, eagerly searching for an obscure clue that will reveal Simpson's "true innocence." But there is a lesson to be learned...
Sens. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) and Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) today unveiled a blueprint forfixing the ultimate political sacred cow, Social Security, before the system becomes insolvent in 2030. On the list: raising the retirement age, curbing cost of living increases and allowing workers to invest some of their own payroll taxes inIndividual Retirement Accounts. Kerrey, who co-chairs a federal deficit-cutting commission, failed to get even a majority of that panel to endorse those ideas in December. Today, the senators took their warnings directly to the people: "As a nation, we are consciously damning our children...
Theprosecution in the O.J. Simpson casepresented whatTIME Los Angeles correspondent James Willwerthsays is its best, most persuasive evidence to date. California Justice Department scientist Gary Sims said thatgenetic testingshows the blood of O.J. Simpson, Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman in O.J. Simpson's Bronco. "This is really big testimony for the prosecution. It really damages thedefense claims that the first lab screwed upthe testing when another lab produces the same results."O.J. Central
...Simpson lawyer Johnnie Cochran is representing four victims of the Oklahoma bombing in their suit against Imperial Chemical Industries, a company that makes fertilizer like that used in the bomb. They claim ICI was negligent for not including an additive to make the fertilizer less volatile. ICI says there's no proof its fertilizer was used to make the bomb...