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...head of this DNA," the newly-elected president of the United Genes says at his inaugural address to the millions of purines and pyrimidines who have tuned in, "I will strive to unite all our genetic material from the lowest guanines to the highest cytosines so we can work together to create the meanest, nastiest, most selfish and lustful creature we have ever lived in, thereby continuing our, existence. This I promise." Thunderous applause...
...been criticized by stuffier colleagues as "too commercial," but the zesty expert on criminal law accepts that tag as a compliment. For Kamisar, who once longed to be a sportswriter, "the lawyer is the great translator" who should strive to make legal principles clear to the general public. Kamisar has churned out many articles for magazines and newspapers, sometimes working through the night when he is pursuing a good idea. He is a witty performer in the classroom, cajoling, infuriating, charming his students-all the while, he says, "trying to develop a certain kind of mind, a legal mind, that...
...peculiar symbiotic relationship exists between sports teams and the press. Of course, there would be no sportswriters if there were no sports to cover, and newspapers depend on the sports reader for steady circulation. The teams strive for as much publicity as possible, hoping to increase prestige as well as the take at the gate. And, one has to admit, there is something gratifying about seeing one's name in print...
...with so many conflicting commitments and considerations, can never be formulated successfully according to hard and fast moral doctrines. Rather, it is to be hoped that the Carter administration will continue to press the issue of human rights in principle, deal with each case on its own merits, and strive to make public the elements involved in each case so that the American people can judge if the government is fully living up to promise to make human rights a top foreign policy priority. The problem is crucial, and warrants continued public skepticism regarding both the nature and the necessity...
...rising. But a closer examination of the relevant facts proves that placing the blame for increasing college costs wholly on OPEC, government grant cutbacks and inflation is the easy way out for the administration. A University committed, as Harvard claims it is, to seeking a diverse student body should strive to limit the economic barriers facing many students...