Word: yeas
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THERE WILL NO doubt be objections raised that other houses have their cultures, however bland or disappointingly yea-saying they may be. Houses like Quincy and Lowell (the houses of Quincy and Lowell, actually) will surely suffer if they attempt to absorb the overflow. The answer, of course, is for them to institute the same form of restrictions. If convenience is the only point, there's always the Union. You don't have to be heavy into semiotics to get that message...
...that which befalleth the Rhodes Scholar befalleth the peon; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; for all is vanity...
...vote that stirred the most notice was the tie-breaking yea cast by David Souter, the court's newest Justice. Pro-choice advocates had earlier been encouraged by Souter's sharp questioning of U.S. Solicitor General Kenneth Starr during oral arguments in the Rust case last fall. "The physician cannot perform a normal professional responsibility," Souter had said. "You are telling us ((that the government)) in effect may preclude professional speech." Yet last week Souter concurred in a majority opinion based on that very reasoning. Since the ruling did not directly address the question of a woman's right...
...first time, the Undergraduate Council is sponsoring a formal solely for first-yea students, which will be held at the Boston World Trade Center. Organizers said that although there have been previous formal events specifically for first-years arranged by other organizations, those efforts have not been enough to meet demand for them...
...Saddam's belligerence has only driven his foes to tighten their garrote around Iraq. In its eighth resolution against Iraq in eight weeks, the U.N. Security Council approved an air blockade of the maverick state. Though Cuba dissented, Yemen, once a Saddam sympathizer, voted yea, making the tally 14 to 1. Since Iraq receives little goods by air, the ban has little practical value, but it does have symbolic merit as another turn of the screw...