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Although a repeal of the law--which was sponsored by Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.)--is unlikely, AIDS Institutes affiliates said Harvard's withdrawal from the conference would be an important symbolic gesture.
Two weeks ago, Barry's friend and political ally Jesse Jackson began publicly urging a compromise, in which all but a minor charge against Barry would be dropped in exchange for his resignation. But Stephens has not accepted the offer, perhaps out of concern that such a deal would lend...
The analysis follows in the tradition of cyclical historians, such as Arthur Schlesinger Jr., who see alternating periods of civic action and reaction. But Phillips is not a hand-wringing liberal pining for a return to power; he is a conservative political scientist who once worked for Richard Nixon. For...
Such flipness has resulted in "a 24-hour stakeout on John Silber's mouth," in the words of media analyst Ralph Whitehead. The watch often pays off. Who else calls the Boston School Committee "otiose" or academic opponents "pismires" (derived from a Scandinavian term for urinating ants)? During his campaign...
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