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...company that was once loath to play in the political sandbox, Microsoft sure has come around. Mere days before the opening of Microsoft?s court battle with antitrust lawyers, the GOP?s senatorial committee pulled in a $100,000 contribution from the company, and the Republican National Committee got a $40,000 check ?- bringing the software giant?s soft-money gifts to the party to more than $400,000 in the 1997-98 election cycle. Coincidentally, about that time, 10 Republican senators signed a ?Dear Colleague? letter criticizing the Clinton administration for subjecting the software industry to ?needless regulation through...
What is so remarkable about Naked Pictures is that it represents a shift in the tide of recent comedian novels, and one that will hopefully continue in the future. Jerry Seinfeld's best-selling Seinlanguage was a hit, but at the price of novelty--the book exists as a mere collection of the opening and closing monologues of "Seinfeld." On the other end of the disappointment spectrum, Whoopie Goldberg's much-anticipated Book flopped in the reviews and sales departments alike. Regurgitation of material, regardless of how funny it was the first time everyone heard it, makes for a repetitious...
...true strength of the Princeton defense lies in its ability to stop the rush. Opposing teams have run for a mere 56.4 yards against the Tigers--second overall in Division I-AA. That translates to just 1.9 yards per carry...
...course, my remarks will fall on mostly unreceptive ears, as the devotees of multiculturalism exhibit a religious devotion. They are prepared to sacrifice the integrity of anything and everything on the almighty altar of Diversity, blind not only to objection but even to the most reasonable calls to mere reflection and restraint. It is therefore not surprising that no one at Tuesday's Faculty meeting saw fit to offer a substantive reply to Mansfield's complaints. It is easier for those secure in their enlightenment to simply stand silently aghast at the ignorant in their midst, especially when...
...academic) to doing something as maddeningly simple as moving a boat fast. We begin to understand--barely--what motivates some of our peers to subject themselves to three or four hours a day of training starting in September for a sport that culminates in a national championship lasting a mere six minutes...