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Diverse maxims appear within its pages, many of which Mailer sutured together into an article in a late December issue of The New Yorker: “the most powerful leverage in fiction comes from point of view” (found in an analysis of the last draft of his third novel, The Deer Park); “film is best when ambiguous” (found in an essay on writing for the silver screen); “your material only becomes valuable when it is existential, by which I mean an experience you do not control” (found...
Professor of Government Harvey Mansfield switches departments to teach this cutthroat course on fantasy baseball. The course is taught entirely in sections of no more than twelve students. Each student will compete directly against his classmates in a rotisserie league, beginning with a fantasy draft held on the first day of class. Each team will have a salary cap, and students must manage their team’s budget during the semester. As the baseball season begins, students will be required to make trades, sign and cut players and idiotically trash-talk on the league’s Internet message...
...coalition of campus women’s groups will draft a petition next month asking top University officials affiliated with the exclusive Augusta National Golf Club to reaffirm their commitment to diversity...
...it—a vaguely worded resolution with a legislative record behind it that does not indicate a declaration of war, and that’s it,” he said. “In Vietnam there was extensive Congressional participation. There were military appropriations, there were numerous draft extensions. Here we have no draft, we have no appropriations, only a vague resolution with vague langauge. We have an unprecedented premeditated invasion of another country. In this situation, we must comply with the Constitution...
Rangel has been pitching his draft bill for weeks, to a chilly reception in Washington. The White House and most in Congress oppose a draft. The generals strongly back the all-volunteer force, arguing that it costs billions less to maintain than a conscripted army. Its soldiers are also more motivated "because they volunteered," says Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. On the eve of war, the Pentagon "is horrified at Mr. Rangel's suggestion," says a senior Defense official, and has rolled out pages of statistics to try to debunk Rangel's claim that minorities and the poor bear the risks...