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declares Mary L. Naber, a first-year from Salinas, California. She's not alone. As a fellow Californian, I can vouch that the orange goop upon which Harvard Dining Services bestows this deceiving moniker is not a staple of the average Californian diet. But the misnomers don't stop here...
Even as Oliver North, the G.O.P. candidate for Senator from Virginia, continued to hammer away at Democratic incumbent Charles Robb's extramarital indiscretions, voters were reminded of ghosts in North's own closet. North paraded former Iran-contra players Edwin Meese and Elliott Abrams to vouch for his integrity. Meanwhile, Nancy Reagan publicly called North a liar...
...Crane. They now stress that they are not saying that all or any of the allegations made on the tapes are true -- merely that, in Crane's words, they form "the basis of an investigation." So why was Falwell actually selling a tape making accusations that he cannot vouch for? Bill Clinton, who is fond of quoting the Bible, might be tempted to remind Falwell of the Eighth Commandment: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor...
Cambridge lawyer William P. Homans Jr. '41,said it was "difficult to see" how any [legal] feedivided among so few people could be that high.But he was quick to vouch for Tribe's integrity...
...Material certainly got into the core region," he said. "I can vouch for the fact, since I flew over the reactor days after the explosion...