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...meeting, which began with a humorous imitation of President Clinton by council treasurer Justin A. Barkley '02--who wore a blazer, dyed gray hair and heart-covered boxers--turned into a wide-ranging and sometimes acrimonious debate over how to combat hate on campus...
...They weigh from 10 lbs. to 125 lbs. and cost anywhere from $350 for a basic set to more than $4,000. There are gas-powered planes (more powerful but noisier) and newer electric ones. There's sport flying (for the fun of it) and competition, as well as combat flying, float flying (above water) and pattern aerobatics...
...Washington a discreet but active substratum of the government has developed. It includes the FBI's Counter-Terrorism Division, the interagency Counterterrorism Center at the CIA and the Counterterrorism Security Group at the White House. In aggregate, this is the nation's backbone in the fight to combat terrorists. Call them the Terror Hunters...
...second flaw is that neither plan does enough to combat the use of tax loopholes by wealthy individuals and corporations to escape their tax burden. A report recently released by CTJ and the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy noted that top U.S. corporations have used loopholes to steadily reduce their tax obligations over the last decade. For example, Texaco earned $3.4 billion in profits from 1996 to 1998, but instead of paying taxes it received money from the federal government to the tune of $304 million. If the loopholes were closed, this money could be returned to individuals...
Perhaps America's meaning might be sought in a presidential campaign? Can the study of human culture learn much by contemplating Al Gore and George W. Bush in the final days of their political combat across America...