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...winter . . . we force the spring") seemed mildly strained. But in concentrated form and effective, though plain, language, the President defined all the major themes of his Administration -- above all, change. Generational change: the 46-year-old Clinton paid a graceful tribute to the generation of his 68-year- old predecessor and summoned his fellow baby boomers less to take over than to assume "new responsibilities." Change in priorities: "We must invest more . . . and at the same time cut our massive debt." Change in government atmosphere: Washington, now "a place of intrigue and calculation," must be reformed, "so that power...
...graduate of Oberlin College, he co-wrote the 1992 book Marching in Place, an analysis of the Bush Administration. (His co-author, Dan Goodgame, will be leaving the White House beat to become TIME's economic correspondent.) Duffy thinks Clinton will preside under more pressure than his predecessor. "Bush basically enjoyed a free ride for three years," he says. "But Clinton will have to live up to enormous expectations immediately...
...behalf of our nation, I salute my predecessor for his half century of service to America, and I thank the millions of men and women whose steadfastness and sacrifice triumphed over Depression, fascism, and Communism...
Mike J. Abramowitz '85, who was Zucker's predecessor at the Crimson, had similar memories of Zucker...
...mesh has a strand of gray plastic tubing threaded through it, the ends pointing inward. The whole inside of the cube is lined with these enormous glossy hairs. You can't not see it as organic: sea anemone, vagina. And it refers back culturally too, since its obvious predecessor is that icon of oral sex in the Museum of Modern Art, Meret Oppenheim's fur-lined cup and spoon. What happens then to the famous hands-off character of Minimalism -- austere objects fabricated by remote control, factory-made to specifications issued by the artist...