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...paltry 200 undergraduates coughed up the nominal dues to belong to the Republican Club this year, and 300 students paid dues to the Harvard College Democrats, according to group officers. Merely 500 students assumed a party label via formal membership in a campus club. Only this seven percent of the undergraduate population was willing to address the vast range of issues that go along with those party labels beyond the “hot three...
...secret of the company's success goes back to Gold's childhood in a house full of fussy, formal furniture. "Growing up, we had cane-backed dining-room chairs that really weren't comfortable," says Gold. "We couldn't have a dog. We weren't even allowed to sit in the living room." That helped him appreciate the pleasures of an overstuffed sofa. He met Williams in 1986 in New York City, where Gold spent six years as a furniture buyer for Bloomingdale's and Williams worked as a graphic designer for Seventeen magazine. They both saw the same opportunity...
...Each time, politicians offer formal regrets even as they privately savor the political rewards that the storms will blow in their direction. Such hypocritical tears were more effectively shed when the world was not in the constant glare of television. These days some of them are barely able to keep a thin smile hidden while they trot out pompous phrases of concern, interjected by poison - words that send private signals to their violent constituency. The camera shows...
...Steel Wars President George W. Bush provoked outrage and formal complaints from America's major trading partners after imposing tariffs of up to 30% on foreign steel imports. E.U. trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said the "shortsighted" move broke international trade rules and filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization. Several other countries including Japan and Russia followed suit. Bush said the measures were "temporary safeguards" to allow the restructuring of the U.S. steel industry. But E.U. member states, fearing a diversion of steel imports into Europe, said they would seek compensation...
...last night’s meeting, the council also learned that a previously contentious issue—removing “Radcliffe” from the organization’s formal name—will at discussed at next week’s meeting...