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...course Harvard has a legal right to appeal Judge Harmatz's decision, just as the union had a legal right to organize and recruit the University's pink-collar employees. Thankfully, the staff position recognizes this, but goes on to make a dubious claim that the University has no moral justification for an appeal...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Decide to Appeal | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...again" quip. But here the blame rests equally with both candidates, who consciously refrained from raising new issues and arguments before the more than 62 million TV viewers. Despite a barrage of questions on the deficit, Bush and Dukakis clung to the fig leaf provided by their dubious budget nostrums. The Vice President escaped serious challenge on his implausible insistence that his so-called flexible freeze of 4% budget growth can accommodate new domestic proposals like $1,000 child-care grants, special-interest tax cuts and muscular military spending. Dukakis, however, was hammered as he repeated his lame argument from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Scores A Warm Win | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...present at the time--has one story, and Catharine Holly--her niece, who witnessed the death and who was put in a mental asylum by Venable--tells another, more offensive version. Both stories suggest that Sebastian's sexual character, not to mention sexual orientation, was some what dubious...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Shall I Compare Thee... | 10/21/1988 | See Source »

...which has dropped the dread PTL name in favor of the Inspirational Network, claims to make $250,000 a month. It could be spun off, if Mernick feels uncomfortable presiding over such soul-saving shows as Zola Levitt Presents, which aims openly at persuading Jews to follow Jesus. One dubious PTL officeworker figures that to save his investment Mernick may have no choice but to foster evangelistic Christianity. "People can go anywhere for a theme park, hotel or campsite," the worker says. "Why would they want to come out here in the middle of nowhere? The reason is simple. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Tuesday, The Rabbi Bought PTL | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

...reception because only certain dishes are prepared, and these are often prepared ahead. First Street's affair featured appetizers and salads, leaving behind such interesting menu items as griddled calamari steak sandwich and sauteed beef and peppers with Southeast Asian spices on Japanese noodles--an unusual, if dubious-sounding, creation...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: East Cambridge Toodle-Oo | 10/14/1988 | See Source »

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