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...WISHFUL MOMENTS, EVEN BILL Clinton is tempted to think that the Republican mandate will self-destruct and allow him to keep pushing his old agenda. But reality intruded last week, when the President was reminded that he will not be so lucky as to face only the flat-earth Helmsians of the G.O.P., but also must contend with centrist hard bargainers like Senate Republican leader Bob Dole. When the Senate Republican leader wanted to make Administration officials jump, he merely had to fire off a few faxes. Sent while the President was vacationing in Hawaii, the faxes amounted to ransom...
Will the G.O.P. self-destruct? The Democrats dream...
...said if from the start, this team was going to have growing pains at the beginning of the year," coaches Tomassoni said after the Yale loss. "We're not young, but we are inexperienced, and we have that tendency to self-destruct--there's a lot of ability in the locker room, but there are a lot of lessons to be learned...
Thirdly, The Crimson has no authority whatsoever to dictate the terms by which ethnic student organizations should operate. To mandate my resignation The Crimson embraces a paternalistic-style agenda that aims to damage and destruct the efforts of Black students, faculty and administrators. Over the past 15 months, perpetuated attacks have been launched against Rev. Gomes, Dean Archie Epps, Dr. Alien Counter, Mayor Ken Reeves, Professor martin Kilson, and now myself. The Crimson seems to operate under some poorly hidden agenda in which its editors unsuccessfully aim to break others down in an attempt to rebuild its own questionable image...
...when Madonna released her dirty picture book, Sex, she seemed to be moving into self-destruct mode, finishing up her time in the spotlight as a parody of herself. The eroticism she hints at on Bedtime Stories is actually sexier than that of her more wanton songs and videos. Even if a more subdued Madonna is just another pose, it may help her win some of the respect she actually deserves. She is not a great singer, her songs are derivative, her public persona is tawdry. But she can make pretty good records. That's what her dirty little secret...