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...three-way contest among Bill Clinton, Dole and New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, who is considering entering the race as an independent, 37 percent of all voters would back Clinton, 34 percent would back Dole and 16 percent would vote for Bradley, the poll says. Sixteen percent said they had a favorable impresson of Bradley, while 71 percent said they weren't familiar with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BRADLEY FACTOR | 8/25/1995 | See Source »

...Haiti too politicians agreed something was amiss. Sixteen of the nation's political parties petitioned for the election's annulment, forcing Aristide to call two meetings last week in an attempt to salvage the result. In the meantime, he has other problems. Using his nickname, a sign outside the National Palace asks a common question: "Titid, where is the job you promised?" The Haitians do not even have the expertise to spend the aid they have been offered in ways that foreign lenders approve, so most of the money sits idle. The justice system is such a shambles that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: THUMBS UP, HALFWAYS | 7/10/1995 | See Source »

...praising the ban on assault weapons: "President Clinton is helping us make this a safer nation." Why so early?TIME White House correspondent James Carneysays: "There are two ways to look at this. One is that it's an absurd amount of money to be spending on political ads sixteen months before the election. But Clinton isn't facing any primary challenge, and he's raised $8 million already. He thinks these ads will bolster his image while the Republican challengers fight among themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

After a years of debate and indecision on the issues of choice in housing and diversity, the College will implement a plan in which students will continue to choose roommates and blocking groups of up to sixteen people. But the groups of up to sixteen people. But the groups will then be randomly assigned to houses "without any pre-determined order or pattern...

Author: By Michael M. Luo, | Title: Jewett Approves Randomization | 5/17/1995 | See Source »

...women's team will be headed to San Diego for the national racing championships May 26-28. Sixteen schools qualified for that event...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: HARVARD SAILING TO NATIONALS | 5/10/1995 | See Source »

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