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...only in the strictest sense. Because, in truth, Election 1994 was not about sending leaders to Washington; it was about sending a message to Washington regarding how bad we thought our leaders were. It followed a campaign in which a picture of someone alongside Washington's Capitol dome was tantamount to a smear and in which all but the most atavistic incumbents abstained from leaderly chest beating for fear it might mark them as "insiders." If we could have sent no one to Congress, we would have. Those whom we did send, needless to say, were the proponents of "small...
...seniors, this tournament was of tantamount importance. It would be their last time playing in Crimson uniforms, and they were adamant about not going home without a strong tournament...
...Administration will argue that letting students help select an administrative leader is tantamount to having Dean Epps help elect the President of the Undergraduate Council or the President of the Crimson. What this objection overlooks is that the Administration and the Undergraduate Council (or for that matter any other student organization) are not symmetrical in power or influence. What the Administration decides is binding on the students; what the student government decides is by no means binding on the administration...
...Homosexual persons are called to chastity...[and only in that way can they] approach Christian perfection." In other words: you are depraved if you're gay, don't you dare have sex if you want God to forgive you, but we love you anyway. Lat's textual editing is tantamount to quoting Hitler as saying. "I...[think Jews are]...great...
King and Smith, however, said Nero fails to understand the gravity of the charges leveled against her. As a liaison of the University's Insurance Office, Smith said, his decision to take away Nero's driving privileges is tantamount to her removal from the PBHA's insurance policy...