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...does fund raising itself. Major players in the fund-raising game are the thousands of political-action committees, ordained by Congress to funnel contributions from special-interest groups to political candidates. In 1976 PACs were responsible for 28% of the contributions to House incumbents; in 1994 their portion had risen to more than...
Prices have also increased noticeably at Loker Commons. According to Condenzio, prices have risen by an average of 4.5 percent from last year to this...
This growing ennui is making the press more desperate than Bob Dole. About this time in a campaign we journalists are usually worrying about having sunk too low; instead, we fear we've risen so high we're being ignored during our quadrennial chance to show off. For a brief, shining moment we had Dick Morris: since then, nothing. After the second debate, where Jack Kemp, the designated slasher, came off more like Barney than Freddy Krueger, even Ted Koppel gave up. "Here we have one of the most civil debates in history, and we can barely stay awake...
...press should magnify wrongdoings when they matter, not when they involve a presidential haircut. It is irrelevant whether the press constitutes the cause or the effect. What we know is that journalists have not risen above the desire for gossip; they have not embraced the ethic of their trade; instead, they have kow-towed to the public thirst for all the trash not fit to print...
...last three years, ranging from $2.2 to $3.5 million, or approximately 13 percent to a high of 20 percent of its annual income. Coupled with this figure is the equally disquieting revelation that over the same period, Radcliffe's administrative costs have ballooned, and this while educational expenditures have risen at a much slower rate. Whether the figures bespeak a concerted vision of Radcliffe's place within the University or merely shoddy bookkeeping, they display spending priorities that are out of line with the best interests of students...