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...weeks ago there was an article "Harvard and Heroin" written by a Harvard grad, Seth Mnookin on www.salon.com. Though he didn't become addicted to heroin until after Harvard he talks of being drunk and high on marijuana for three out of his four years in college. Seth was eventually cured of his addiction, but as a student I was saddened that he had spent the majority of his time here passed out in his dorm room...
...Take the furor over his clemency offer to 16 members of the Puerto Rican group known as the FALN. Hillary has insisted that she had "no involvement in or prior knowledge of" her husband's decision. And on Saturday she even appeared to rebuke the President with a terse written statement urging him to withdraw the offer because the terrorists had not met Clinton's condition of renouncing violence. "It's been three weeks and their silence speaks volumes. I believe the offer of clemency should be withdrawn," she said. But before she could get any political mileage from this...
Vilanch, 51, writes material for celebs--everyone, he has said, "from abba to Zadora"--to deliver on award shows, concert tours and the TV talk circuit. He has written for the past nine Oscar fests, and for the Tonys, Grammys, Emmys--any outlet for the entertainment industry's endless need to taunt and flatter itself. When stars are booked for a big benefit, or for Leno or Letterman, they cry, Get Bruce! Which is also the title of Andrew J. Kuehn's fond, zippy new documentary about the Bruce who, on the Hollywood circuit, is the real Boss...
Your article "Up From The Apes" was concise, well written and very scientific. It convinced me that it takes more faith to believe in evolution than it does to believe in God. SCOTT STEVENS Two Rivers...
Faith of My Fathers is ostensibly a three-generation family memoir, the story not just of McCain but also of his father and grandfather, both of whom were four-star admirals. But McCain is the subject. Co-written by Mark Salter, the Senator's longtime aide, the book portrays a rebellious youth who reveres his family's military tradition but chafes against authority. As a child, McCain displays a petulance that leads him, when angry, to hold his breath until he blacks out. As a student, McCain recounts, "I grew more determined to assert my crude individualism." At the Naval...