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Cook said these programs cost the federal government $162 billion in 1993, a mere one percent of total federal expenditures...
...pitter-patter of little feet. Three-month-olds are bottle-fed in the dining halls; preschoolers solemnly peruse Mother Goose in Mather's cozy concrete library. It is even said (albeit by shaky sources) that they can be found in the weight room. Is this explosion of fecundity a mere coincidence, or is there an explanation for the disproportionate number of kids who have suddenly appeared in the house? In the interest of pulp journalism and succumbing to a yearning to regress to the Core-free, tricycle-filled years of childhood, Fifteen Minutes gathered ruminations on the Mather House baby...
Separated into three three conceptual themes--"Camera Vision," "Creative Vision" and "Constructed Vision"--the selection traces the upstart medium from a mere mimicry of established media to its emerging self-awareness as its own medium, and finally to its larger integration with the mass culture...
Legislators in the United States should not balk at the registration of all firearms. The mere ownership of a deadly weapon brings with it huge responsibilities; registration constitutes an acknowledgment of that responsibility. The police will never need to trace a registration unless the weapon is involved in a crime. Why deny the police a valuable way of identifying criminals...
...guess a hockey team just can't be trusted these days. You leave the Harvard men's hockey team with a three-game winning streak, in prime position for a late Beanpot/ECAC/NCAA (take your pick) title run, and a mere three weeks later you're holding a broom out over a vat of quicksand, hoping Harvard can grab hold and drag itself to safety before it's too late...