Word: ye
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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ABANDON HOPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE. That legendary inscription over the gate of hell, as described in Dante's Inferno, appeared last week on a sign that New York Democrat Stephen Solarz posted at a meeting of the House Budget Committee. His point was to warn his fellow liberals that they have no chance of stopping a congressional drive to balance next year's budget, in part by cuts in Government social spending which the liberals find downright hellish...
...recommends a constitutional amendment banning Muzak and fines for people who talk about needing their own space. He also thinks it would be nice if politicians, when pontificating on TV, were forced to wear party hats so that viewers could keep their remarks in perspective. The message is simple: Ye shall know a civilization by its common customs, and if these are mostly absurd, then it is likely that the society's larger principles have gone awry as well. The modern world's institutionalized lunacies are, of course, symbolized by the lavishly subsidized think tank and the mischief...
Freshman Jim Carbone also struck gold twice, bulldozing his way to first place in the 50-yd. freestyle and the 200-ye. breaststroke. The Prep School All-American neatly touched out Brown's Tony Blaine with a 22.02 sprint, while teammate Geoff Seelen posted an unofficial time...