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...problem risk losing their credibility. In fact, the greatest philosophical shift in Social Security's 60-year history is actually in the offing--a move toward privatizing at least a portion of the system so that workers could establish individual retirement accounts and invest in stocks and bonds. Still, swift action is unlikely. It's an election year, after all. Bill Clinton and Bob Dole will surely avoid supporting a solution without knowing how voters will react. But a loud and necessary conversation about the future financial security of all Americans will finally begin this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOCIAL SECURITY: WHERE CANDIDATES FEAR TO TREAD | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

...really enjoy it," said Swift...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Like Ike and Love Lucy but Adore This Class | 3/13/1996 | See Source »

...class] sort of jumped out at me in the course catalog catalog because of the title," said Swift...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Like Ike and Love Lucy but Adore This Class | 3/13/1996 | See Source »

...think it's very relaxed, even though it's a very large class," said Melissa E. Swift...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Like Ike and Love Lucy but Adore This Class | 3/13/1996 | See Source »

...Moor's Last Sigh is a reaching, rickety palace of a narrative, sprawling in historical scope and capped everywhere with poetic minarets. The whole affair is held together by Rushdie's swift, lyrical, humorous style--or, mostly held together. The novel lacks the brilliant closure of Midnight's Children. Some avenues end artlessly, while others take too many twists. But the story never slows down long enough to get stuck. The crescendo, the penultimate action of the novel, is a manic and violent script worthy of John Woo direction...

Author: By David J.C. Shafer, | Title: Rushdie Stuns with Last Sigh | 2/1/1996 | See Source »

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