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...former Vice President Al Gore. In a terse written statement, Lott apologized to "anybody who was offended" by his "poor choice of words." But the Washington Post reported that Lott had used almost identical words in praise of Thurmond's segregationist campaign during comments in Mississippi in 1980. A slip of the lip suddenly looked like a pattern and opened a public exhumation of Lott's long record of votes and statements hostile to the civil rights movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tripped Up By History | 12/23/2002 | See Source »

However, it is still possible that a student accepted early at Harvard and through Early Decision at another college could slip through the cracks and matriculate at Harvard...

Author: By Dan Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: More Apply Early, But Fewer Get Accepted | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

...Another boy, 15-year-old Zachariah, seems to want to talk. But when Hasan is near, Zachariah lowers his eyes and tries to slip away, only to be drawn back again when a visitor produces a personal letter from East Timor addressed to Hasan, complete with photos of villagers back home. The letter prompts Hasan's wife, who is from the island, to burst into tears, but Hasan shouts at her and she retreats into a rear room. Zachariah picks up the letter. Hasan has repeatedly told the teenager?who was spirited away by Hasan's associates in 1999 without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Timor's Lost Boys | 12/15/2002 | See Source »

...better to let one or two dishonest individuals slip through than to poison the student-teacher relationship...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Cut And Paste, Catch Cheaters | 12/10/2002 | See Source »

Arnavon picks out a pair of wine red Steve Madden slip-ons to accentuate her basic black ($69). “Detail makes an outfit,” Arnavon instructs as she picks up a gray bucket cap in Jasmine Sola ($32). Lopez loves a beige sparkly scarf at Urban Outfitters. ($18). Meanwhile, Arnavon inspects how she looks holding a Go Girl leather handbag...

Author: By Kristi L. Jobson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: TF Tips for the Trend Challenged | 12/5/2002 | See Source »

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