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Citing the current lobbying over health care asan example, Kennedy said that if politicians thinkthey can get away with voting for a specialinterest, they will...

Author: By Martin L. Yeung, | Title: Kennedy Breaks His Silence, Makes Statement on Murders | 3/8/1994 | See Source »

another passage reads, "Significantly, themedia forms through which some conspire to traduceBlacks with racial epithets are not controlled bythe ostensibly racist white groups." The articleblames "Euro-American individuals and specialinterest groups with powerful influence in themedia" for common use of the epithet...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Counter: `Controversial Figure' | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

Another passage read, "Significantly, the mediaforms through which some conspire to traduceBlacks with some conspire to traduce blacks withracial epithets are not controlled by theostensibly racist white groups." He said "specialinterest groups" influencing the media do moredamage to Black society than groups such as the KuKlux Klan...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Counter Apologizes for Offending Hillel | 4/16/1992 | See Source »

...Black women writers are often classified in a way similar to the way Rufus was. They are seen as part of the strange and mysterious but not quite classic collection of "ethnic literature." Instead of being included in the literary canon these women are closeted under the guise of specialinterest courses which emphasize their ethnicity rather than their writing quality...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: It's Not Just Ethnic Studies | 12/13/1990 | See Source »

...approve his plan for a cut in the capital gains tax, and he did not rule out the possibility of signing legislation that combined his proposal with a Democratic version liberalizing individual retirement accounts. A few hours later, Senate leaders agreed on a plan to strip hundreds of specialinterest provisions from a $14.1 billion deficit-reduction bill, leaving the capital gains fight for the future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bush Again Calls for an Ouster of Noriega | 10/14/1989 | See Source »

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