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Most laws are a compromise which society decides between two conflicting desires. If you want to swing your arm wildly, you have every right to do so, but this right ends at the tip of my nose. If person A wants to commit violent acts for fun, and person B does not appreciate being beaten or killed, society makes a policy choice (simple in this situation) which values A's right to shoot and stab much lower than B's right not to be shot and stabbed. Sometimes the situation is less clear: Person A wants to listen to loud...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Divorce Ban Has Ethical Flaws | 12/9/1995 | See Source »

...Taylor came up big," Tomassoni said. "You've got to tip your hat to them...

Author: By Eric J. Feigin, | Title: M. Hockey Loses | 11/29/1995 | See Source »

ALTHOUGH MY WIFE AND I WERE MENtioned in your article, I was confused by its message. My reuse of plastic sandwich bags, as noted in the story, is just a tip: reuse of items leads to one bag of garbage a week where there used to be four, and to saving $22,000 by meeting a mortgage obligation early, and to hours of helpful community service because we don't need to spend that time buying more sandwich bags and similar things. That's an all-round win-win situation. I was disappointed that messages like this did not make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 27, 1995 | 11/27/1995 | See Source »

...Konte stopped. Higdon picked up the rebound and tried to wrap it around Konte on the right side. Again, Konte stopped it. But the line continued to work for the puck, and Harvard's gentle giant used all 6'4" of his frame to reach the biscuit with the tip of his stick and lift it over a fallen Konte...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Icemen Outlast Tigers, 4-3 | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

Transfer votes from supporters of Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72, who many consider guaranteed re-election, could tip the scales in favor of the CCA candidates...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, | Title: Election Could Shift City's Balance of Power | 11/6/1995 | See Source »

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