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...often wouldn't know it from what they talk about. In a group which is supposed to deal primarily with issues of sexuality and drug abuse, the range of related issues can be surprisingly large. One woman wants to talk with her semi-estranged mother. Another wants to go to a doctor's office to have a suspicious lump examined, but can't because she fears what she'll find out. These and other details all emerge as the members of the group take turns discussing their behaviors, goals and obstacles...
...accomplish even more. With careful planning, there is no reason that Harvard cannot have more than one major concert a year, many casual dances in Loker Commons and other campus-wide events. And there is simply no excuse for not having the Gala Ball, a smashing success, on a semi-annual if not annual basis. With a little organization, the council could become an institution respected for its consistency and excellence, and maybe even gain the respect of students and faculty...
...course, the candidates had been railing against Big Government all along, so they ought not to have been crestfallen when the electorate believed them. They who embodied Big Government had successfully argued themselves into a state of semi-irrelevance, with Clinton coming out on top because he already was on top, because his opponent's campaign was in a tizzy, but mainly because he had become that mold of moderation toward which the people had been edging for 25 years. "Tonight," he said in his victory speech, "we proclaim that the vital American center is alive and well...
...interview as a historic break with the Soviet past, when doddering Kremlin leaders were described as having head colds until they suddenly expired. Last month the same officials indignantly denied a TIME report that Yeltsin might go abroad for surgery. Yeltsin's announcement was at best a victory for semi-glasnost. He gave the impression that his heart problems had just been discovered. But he has been a sick man for years, and his need for heart surgery has been apparent to foreign specialists for months. He did not say exactly what the operation would be, though a prominent Russian...
...ordinance's chief goal, he said, is to stop semi-professional outfits of curbside thieves that drive around at night and pick up recyclable materials in a truck or van to sell later in bulk...