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...signifies something larger, deeper. It signifies a geologic change in American politics: the growing obsolescence of the great institutions -- the political parties, the Establishment media, the Congress -- that have traditionally stood between the governors and the governed. The traditional way to achieve and wield power in America is to tame or charm or capture these institutions. Perot's genius was to realize that for the first time in history, technology makes it possible to bypass them. Win or lose, knowing or not, Perot is the harbinger of a new era of direct democracy...
...LIBYA'S TAME PARLIAMENT, THE 631-MEMBER GENeral People's Congress, concluded 11 days of reportedly heated debate with the announcement that it would not object to handing over two suspects in the Pan Am 103 bombing to the U.N. or the Arab League for trial. The session was accompanied by a series of articles in the government press critical of the policy line of the country's leader, Muammar Gaddafi...
...home, and someone has top take their place. P>DON'T bring your dog or cat. Harvard doesn't allow pets, so you will have to leave Fido and Fluffy at home. Be strong. Improvise. You could try to content Yourself with the 300,000 too-tame gray squirrels in the Yard...
...ancient China and the world ofhorticulture is too tame, try the underworld ofFrench women criminals as Laura A. Dickenson '92did. The history concentrator was inspired tostudy women criminals in 20th century France bytwo seminars she attended and a book whichchallenged students to examine history alonggender lines...
...anyone who thinks the voters are just waiting for a candidate hand-picked by the Democratic congressional elite hasn't pad much attention to voter response to an otherwise tame scandal in the House bank. With congressional prestige at an all-time low, for these members of Congress of to say they are better suited to pick a popular candidate than voters is inane. As Bentsen himself might say, "That dawg won't hunt...