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...neither. Sadder for facing the wages of his sin and wiser for having faced down four Congresses, seven budgets and one impeachment, Clinton commands, even from his detractors, a grudging respect. In the past few weeks, the Vice President's reluctance to use this rich resource has risen to a public drama. But Hillary's embrace of her husband down the stretch may put her in the record books: the first First Lady to abdicate the White House to win a Senate seat from a state she had previously only visited as a tourist. Meanwhile, Gore, who won't share...
Florida is attempting to address a disturbing national phenomenon: the explosion in the number of mothers in prison. The population of women in U.S. prisons has risen 650% in the past two decades. Of the more than 149,000 female inmates currently in local jails and state and federal penitentiaries, 70% have at least one child under 18. Since these mothers are often the sole provider for their children, the impact on their kids can be devastating. They get shuttled off to live with relatives or sent to foster homes. Studies show that kids with incarcerated mothers are more likely...
After the search committee met in New York on Feb. 5, 1991, The Crimson reported that three of the original 200 candidates had risen to prominence. Two were already well-known Harvard figures: Andrus Professor of Genetics Philip M. Leder '56 and Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61. There was another name from outside of Harvard: Neil L. Rudenstine, an executive vice president at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and formerly a well regarded provost at Princeton...
...addition, the number of student groups has risen quickly--especially over the last few years...
...retrospect, of course, 1990 was a great time to be loading up on stocks. Since a bear market ended late that year, the NASDAQ has risen 10-fold and the Dow more than fourfold. Whether the next decade will prove as profitable is an interesting question but one that, frankly, can't be answered. Long-term investors can take comfort in knowing that the overwhelming odds are for stocks to be higher a decade from now. But that doesn't help much in times like these, when all you really want to know is whether the bloodletting is nearly over...