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...trappings or the consequences of success rather than success itself which excite popular frustration--the Cowboys clearly have not behaved in exemplary fashion since attaining greatness and Bill Gates' company uses its position of dominance to gobble up smaller software producers with what sometimes seems to be relentless monopolistic zeal...

Author: By David M. Weld, | Title: Booing Bill Gates | 11/18/1997 | See Source »

...where House & Garden and This Old House are staples, it's not surprising that homemaking is hot. What is startling is that twentysomethings are more and more the converts to and trendsetters of nesting. Weary of kicking up their heels, they have turned to settling in with the same zeal they once gave barhopping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE YOUNG AND THE NESTED | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

...worry about spending too much time searching for the particular concept Ween is striving for. Marine analogy and self-critical reflection never really turn up any common thread through topics ranging from carnal zeal to regret for lost love...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Underwater Rhythms: A Mission Impossible | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

...group should have sole proprietorship over "taking responsibility" for our world. History has shown that this formula inevitably leads to others' ending up ignored, oppressed--or worse. The Promise Keepers display newfound zeal in taking charge, but since prebiblical days women, with their minds, imagination and participation, have been helping our society thrive. Let's not assume failure when women lead. REBECCA BERMUDEZ Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 27, 1997 | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...explicitly condemned the action and launched a full investigation into it, his opponents succeeded in portraying the Louima case as evidence of a dark, unseemly element in Giuliani's New York. Al Sharpton and Messinger, then the Mayor's two principle Democratic opponents, attacked Giuliani for his anti-crime zeal, framing the issue of "law and order" as a battle between crime prevention and the safety of the underprivileged--a battle in which the Mayor was on the wrong side. According to them, the fact of the Louima case somehow counterbalanced all the progress that had been made...

Author: By Eric M. Nelson, | Title: The New Line | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

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