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Wardens at several precincts said that turnout was low this year because only local issues were at stake...
...responsibility.) Sissela Bok, the preeminent American philosopher and wife of Harvard's former president, explains incidents such as these in her book, Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life (1978). "The powerful," Bok writes, "tell lies believing they have a greater than ordinary understanding of what is at stake." By "powerful," Bok likely had in mind a nation's civic and military leaders. Still, her thoughts have a good deal of resonance in the web of Harvard's administration...
Clinton ascribed his dedication to publicservice to the Kennedy legacy. "[PresidentKennedy] inspired millions of us to take a verypersonal stake in our country's future and infreedom everywhere....He dared Americans to joinwith him on what he called the new frontier,"Clinton said...
Silverglate said he feels a strong stake inHarvard University, particularly in the policedepartment. First, the lawyer says he is anaffiliate of Dunster House. And secondly,Silverglate said, "I am a civil libertarian andhave a very strong interest in police misconduct...
Especially to win a golf tournament over the greatest golfers in the world. No no-names this week; the Tour Championship only invites the top 30 money winners from the 1993 season (sorry, Mr. Daly), and Player-of-the-Year honors is at stake between Greg Norman, Paul Azinger, and Nick Price. You can be sure the talent level will be high; witness Jim Gallagher's course-record 63 (eight-under par) yesterday...