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There is nothing wrong with remembering a fallen President, particularly one who has commanded such high regard in our national pantheon, but the timing and focus of these remembrances is nothing less than morbid, with a sick tendency to linger upon the assassination of the man rather than the accomplishments of his life...
...than substance, but to break the power of the image, we have only to break the power imagemakers. We have the authority to say how campaigns are run since the government gives each presidential candidate $40 million each. We should drastically lower the limits in campaign spending, particularly in regard to the use of television. At the very least, money won't be wasted on unproductive, distracting, nonsense...
...domestic status seems permanent, since Harvard does not have its own program for overseas study and is reluctant to give credit for outside programs. What many other institutions regard as a vital component of education here turns into a haphazard, difficult quest. Students, forced to turn to outside agencies, often have to choose between a fascinating experience and their desire to graduate on time...
...Likud is determined to solidify Israeli control over some 1.7 million mostly Muslim Arabs. The Palestinians would continue to be governed by authorities they understandably regard as occupiers and oppressors. Democratic rule of second-class citizens is a contradiction in terms...
...hard it is to regard Bush and Dukakis in these epic terms. Viewed as comparatively little men at the time of their nominations, both have, if anything, been diminished by the campaigns they have waged. The ugliness of Bush's exploitation of the pseudo issues of patriotism and crime has almost been rivaled by Dukakis' timorous inability to articulate a rationale for his candidacy. From canned rhetoric recited off TelePrompTers to the omnipresent voice-overs of deceptive campaign ads, the candidates' messages have woefully failed to clarify the choice facing the nation...