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What is important to keep in mind is that there is no such thing as evidence of character: There is simply evidence, and there will always be more. Were there an act whose performance would provide irrefutable evidence of impeccable character, you can be sure that every New York parent would have their child on a waiting list to do it. Until then, verify...
...fortune printing CD's full of songs like "American Pie" by Don McLean. That, it seems, is the implication of the huge agreement announced on Halloween by Napster and the German giant of the media world, Bertelsmann Music Group. In a nutshell, Napster has agreed to clean up its act and charge users a subscription to download songs by Bertelsmann artists, in return for sharing profits with the German label and its artists. Forget the presidential election, forget the sequencing of the human genome, forget that space station thing. This announcement is the piece of news from the year...
...Republican state senator who won his last election in the district 61% to 39%, says people care about tax relief, education that includes choices for their children and the moral direction of the country. Not good news for Gore. On the subject of moral direction, people act as if Al had been in the room with a Polaroid while Bill turned Monica into a patriot, as if the only way for America finally to exorcise the beast and move on is to drive a stake through Gore's heart...
...remain legal, but with more limitations. Vouchers for religious schools could be found constitutional, and the court could allow some prayer in schools. Affirmative action may be struck down or further limited, as could many federal laws that encroach upon state power, such as the Clean Air and Water Acts and the Americans with Disabilities Act...
...Maine Clean Election candidate. I'm not asking for money; I'm asking for your vote." That makes Clark, in effect, a lab rat in a national experiment. He's one of 116 legislative candidates in Maine running with funds given under the state's Clean Elections Act. Passed by voters four years ago, it offers full public financing to state office seekers who eschew the smarmy scramble for campaign funds. Several states have similar laws; Missouri and Oregon voters cast ballots on such measures this week. But with this election, Maine is the first to test fully the bold...