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There's slim hope that this vast reservoir of alienated, alternatively minded youth will try to wrest political power from those old-fashioned enough to notice Election Day. They might unite in resistance if cultural warriors like William Bennett and Joseph Lieberman, who regularly denounce obscenity and bad attitudes in pop culture, were to foster some repressive legislation. (Imagine the headlines: HIP-HOP AND HEAVY METAL BANNED! SOUTH PARK CREATORS IMPRISONED!) But the revolutionists who would bring these skeptical tribes together would have to be able to combine political activism with an irony as thick as David Letterman's. They...
...socially responsible careers"? The predominant perceptions are clear enough: a stated intention to pursue a socially responsible career frequently elicits a "How come?" whereas the intention to pursue a consulting or investment banking career seldom requires justification. It is increasingly difficult for Harvard students entering socially responsible careers to wrest themselves from the unsettling inertia of the University's cultural norms...
Israel is also renowned for its airport security measures, some of which border on the most sensible sort of paranoia. Israeli pilots and flight attendants, some of the best to come out of mandatory army service, know a thing or two about how to wrest an airplane from terrorists if necessary. Security questionnaires along with seat assignments have long been the norm here...
Outside of the Bible and the Lifetime network, such baroque tragedies aren't supposed to happen. Which is why it was surprising last week to see both families seeming to cope so well. Johnson told TIME on her back stoop that she had no plans to try to wrest Rebecca from the grandparents who have taken care of her since the accident. "But it don't mean I don't love her," she added, saying she wants to be part of the girl's life. And the Rogers and Chittum families too seemed to think love trumps DNA. Both Linda...
MUGGED. BARBARA MARX SINATRA, 71, widow of Frank Sinatra; in Beverly Hills, Calif. Mrs. Sinatra was strolling home from dinner with friends when, according to Beverly Hills police, three men "used physical force" to wrest approximately $17,000 in cash and valuables from the victims. No one was seriously injured...