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...broad range of viewpoints and verbal freedom. The principle of a partisan, local, fractious, extremely diverse and decentralized press--a principle which survived from the first scurrilous debate on Federalism, through the Civil War, and into the 20th Century--has largely ceased to exist. Taking up the slack from the decline in newspapers, the nationally prominent magazines appeal to large readerships by cultivating only very vague political inclinations. Today we tend to think of the press's past partisanship in its worst aspects--sensationalism and news demagoguery--but fundamentally this was reflective of a healthy, democratic impulse. In any case...
Ginn said the slack in the popularity of law is being taken up in government and politics. The percentage of seniors choosing this field more than doubled over the previous year's class...
...Harvard admissions in fact reached that point, or is there perhaps a tendency to slack off too easily? Jewett says, for example, he would like to get a Spanish-speaking person on the staff, one who "understands and can be a source of advice, intuition and experience about that community. Therefore, I want a person who will be a good admissions person, who comes from that background." He says there have not been a lot of good candidates...
Promoted jayvees Mike Clasby, Steve Andrews, France Scalamandre, and Bobby Kelley have more than picked up the slack, but the key new face tonight will be in the Harvard nets, where sophomore Brian Murphy will most likely reside...
...Slack said his colleagues on the admissions committee were divided on the issue, but "so far all the kids have liked...