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This biological emphasis comports comfortably with the plots and subplots about betrayals by children. Such events do not pale before death; they become even more horrifying, because children are every parent's attempt at immortality. When sons and daughters assert their wills, they issue the last reminder of the permanence...
But a strong common bond is love of and skill in negotiating. A species of political bargaining has already begun, tentatively, in public. Some of this is thematic: Dukakis, for instance, has begun to match Jackson's emphasis on combatting the drug menace. Last week, with a large publicity flourish...
Since 1979, the Orioles have been the property of Washington Trial Lawyer Edward Bennett Williams, famed counsel to Joe McCarthy, Jimmy Hoffa and the Birdman of Alcatraz. No local buyer could be found when Williams bought the team for $12 million; now it is said to be worth $60 million...
According to Cranston, "The focus in the whitefraternities is to stay for four years. With theBlack fraternities, the emphasis is on a lifetimecommitment." The fraternity also serves as anetwork for jobs, he says.
"I think Stanford puts a lot more emphasis onits athletic program," said Sandra Birch, a memberof the nations's second-ranked tennis team whochose Stanford over Harvard. "There's a lot morerespect for athletes at Stanford form the faculty,administrators and the student body," she added.