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...group, organized by seven undergraduates, aims to raise $50,000 in a week-long fundraising blitz by asking Harvard students for donations in every house and first-year dorm...
...hoping to achieve a campus-wide blitz," said Martin Lebwohl '96, another of the new group's organizers, The group is aiming for 100 percent student participation, he said...
Passage by the council seems unlikely; success at the polls will require a fierce battle with opponents. A similar measure was defeated in more liberal Madison, Wisconsin, last spring, 51% to 49%, after an advertising blitz by the N.R.A. "Everyone is looking for a magic solution," says James Fendry, head of the Wisconsin Pro-Gun Movement. "We see the ban as broadcasting to gang bangers and druggies that their victims are less likely to be armed." Noting that Wisconsin has nearly 1 million licensed hunters, Fendry doesn't give the petition a chance. Nor does alderman Fredrick Gordon, who represents...
...York publisher who believes two Harvard professors "caused the deaths of millions of people by perpetuating the AIDS lie" has launched a $200,000 publicity blitz to promote a book that he says supports the claim...
...Mortal Kombat, whose release last week in a $10 million Hollywood-style media blitz set off a nationwide debate about the escalating violence in video games (see box). The brutal kick-and-punch game is expected to bring in more than $150 million by Christmas -- roughly equivalent to ticket sales of a hit movie like The Fugitive...