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...newspaper which embroiled itself for several months in an almost childish dispute over whether or not the president of the publication would have to remove his shirt to get his own chair back from a group of writers. Lest I be confused for White, I will not resort to this easy cheap shot. Instead, let me say that the recent controversy over the results of the UC Vice-Presidential election were anything but scandalous. The disagreement was a genuine dispute over the nature of parliamentary procedure. To its credit, the UC labored over this decision for several hours before reaching...
...many Bosnias would it take to tear the fabric of an interdependent world and damage the global marketplace, which is essential to our prosperity? We cannot ignore them, but we cannot usually solve them by sending in American soldiers. The threat of force, including ground troops as a last resort, must remain a weapon in the President's hands, but force must never be threatened unless we are really prepared to use it. You undoubtedly agree with the current conventional wisdom that we must act only when we know when and how to get out, but that makes no sense...
...Hatano said the United Nations must weigh the costs of future peacekeeping measures. "The U.N. has become the court of first resort, the global 911," he said...
...moral issue of homosexuality less susceptible to polarization. This involves the way we frame the question. We should not ask, is homosexuality right or wrong? We should ask, what are the possibilities and the costs of gay relationships? This doesn't mean that we should abandon moral judgment and resort to a tally sheet of pros and cons. It does mean that we should let go of moral certainty and embrace moral ambivalence. Ambivalence. after all, describes the vast majority of us. Moral ambivalence is more faithful to reality...
...students. "Law and Order" at 7 p.m. Recipient of an Emmy for best news documentary, Frederick Wisman's second film documents police activities in the Kansas City district with the highest crime rate, exploring the modern-day role of the police in American cities, as a final resort in disintegrating urban neighborhoods. Objective in its basic approach, the film nevertheless conveys the filmmaker's concern for society...