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...infested public life in the 1990s." I'm afraid that whoever the candidates will be, the campaign will be ugly. In American politics, the parties seem to think that no matter how preposterous and grossly fabricated a charge is, it pays to slander. The Bush Administration has set a tone that works for it. You can count on the Republicans to do whatever it takes to win. Laurent de Wilde Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 6/6/2005 | See Source »

Speaking in his thoughtful, soft-spoken tone, he discusses an incident of cross–burning outside his dorm in February of his freshman year­—which had been conducted by his fellow freshmen as a “prank.” The five-foot-high burning cross was placed outside Stoughton Hall, where nine black students lived...

Author: By William L. Jusino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Harvard, Bond Builds Reputation as Architect | 6/6/2005 | See Source »

...morning race was championship-quality and what we wanted,” Kauble said. “The morning race set a good tone for the afternoon race, but we weren’t able to take the morning race and build...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Season Ends on a Low Note | 6/6/2005 | See Source »

...male psyche. I am concerned that my 10-year-old son is growing up in a world in which even previously lighthearted games now include blood splattering and bad language. Perhaps bringing the Xbox out of the "boys' room" and into the family room will help change the tone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 13, 2005 | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...Chris Martin appears to have made the terrible mistake of shooting for Bono circa Rattle and Hum. It's not Martin's choice of subject matter-he rarely digresses into politics while he's singing, although he's an advocate for fair trade when he's not-but his tone. He wants to teach us how to feel better about ourselves, and his lessons have the moral superiority disguised as sensitivity that marked Bono's mighty mullet period. "Are you lost or incomplete/ Do you feel like a puzzle, you can't find your missing piece/ Tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Coldplay: X&Y and Too Much Zzzzz | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

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