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That may have something to do with The Boston Globe's mis-estimation of the size of the protest. They put the number inside at 25 and the number outside at 50. In reality, there were 21 protesters inside when the demonstration began and that figure dwindled to eight by the time they were formally asked to leave. The outside crowd at times numbered as much as 150, with more than 60 students still outside as of 3 a.m. Friday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 11/17/1990 | See Source »

...real lesson of Patricia Jones is not about D.C. General, or about doctors, or even about hospitals. It is about whether we will continue to allow the free market to mis-allocate health care. It is about whether politicans will allow 38 million Americans to remain uninsured and vulnerable to financial ruin in the event of an accident or illness...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Who Killed Mrs. Jones? | 9/27/1990 | See Source »

Thus, considerably more was at stake in the referendum than the $3 billion spent each year by the military. One survey by the Lausanne-based research institute MIS showed that only 15% of voters really wanted to get rid of the army. The rest wanted the army reformed and defense spending trimmed, a clear- cut result of lessening East-West tensions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Switzerland The Swiss Army Gets Knifed | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...miss Prascak's Le Mis(anthrope), if you're able...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: The Word is Absurd | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

...Mis(anthrope) will be performed as planned...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: The Word is Absurd | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

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