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...stand, Starr had to thrust himself into the public relations nightmare of forcing a mother to testify against her own child. Though Starr was operating within the law, not many people have seen up close how rough the law can get when a determined prosecutor pulls out all the stops. And the very notion of turning mother against daughter plays into the hands of the critics who say that the independent counsel is on a mad tear. If Lewinsky were accused of a violent crime, maybe terrorism or espionage, it might seem reasonable to apply heat to her family...
...significance for the American people. Race is an uncomfortable topic often left to high-brow intellectual conversations or witty comments by comedians. Rarely is it discussed in an honest, concrete way. On this campus, race has been the topic of a recent Institute of Politics-Crimson poll, the main thrust of a recent issue of Radcliffe Quarterly and a factor in several high-profile debates...
...officials conferenced as the boisterous Harvard crowd chanted for the two points it felt Durbin deserved. After five minutes of discussion, the referee thrust two fingers into the air signalling Durbin's takedown...
...infinitely more effective and important than any actions based upon abstract ideas of justice can be. What's more, by keeping the fulfillment of social obligations at the individual level, those who disagree with the "progressive" agenda can help others as they please and not have another's morality thrust upon them. I am sure Redmond would not want any conservatives to use the Undergraduate Council as a tool to force their views on sexual morality upon the campus; why then is it acceptable for her and other "progressives" to use the council to force their views on economic morality...
...entered a short-lived marriage and moved to Hollywood for a few years, where he played bit parts in B-movies and took candid shots of the stars. Some of them, like his Hollywood Babylon-ish picture of Jayne Mansfield with her teeth and her bra in full forward thrust, have the lowdown feel of his tenement days. But when he came back to New York in 1952, he didn't understand the postwar city of slum clearance and social workers, the one that the Jews and the Irish and the Italians were all leaving for the suburbs. So Weegee...