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...Harvard provide an enlightening detour to those who would otherwise race through unknowingly, rather than penalizing those who are not eager to sprint. Let its education enrich our character and not merely put a stamp on the person we have always planned to be. Let a slower Harvard pace make the runners pause for reflection rather than having the rapidly-moving pack leave the walkers out of breath...
...December 21, 1993, Gore gave a speech announcing that "unlike the interstates, the information highways wil be built, paid for, and funded by the private sector...." Coincidentally, on December 21, 1993, the Democratic National Committee received a $50,000 check from MCI, $15,000 from NYNEX, $15,000 from Sprint and $10,000 from U.S. West. Perhaps the Clinton Adminstration's telecommunications policy wasn't written in a conscious attempt to raise funds, but that was undoubtedly its effect...
...monopoly on providing phone service in their areas. From now on anyone--cable company, long-distance provider or gutsy entrepreneur--can enter the market as well. In return, the local Bells, once they face competition in their home market, will be allowed to compete against AT&T, MCI and Sprint in the lucrative long-distance business. And any of these companies, technology permitting, will be able to cross over into the cable business to challenge systems that have long had an effective monopoly in their localities...
Rice and Harvard each achieved provisional qualifications for Nationals in the attention-grabbing distance medley relay. Spectators were on the verge of hysteria during the first two legs of the relay where Harvard struggled against Rice's sprint power...
...What it all means, this stunning sprint to judgement, no one really knows." --Boston Globe reporter Brian McGrory the day before O.J. Simpson was acquitted in the double-murder trial of the century...