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...that he's a candidate for Governor of Minnesota, Ventura, 47, has hung up his boa and no longer espouses cheating. But to the state's Democrats and Republicans, the former wrestler, actor and radio shock jock is still playing the bad guy. Most observers had considered Ventura's shoestring Reform Party campaign an entertaining sideshow to the main event. Then a new poll in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune showed him with an impressive 21% of the vote--double what he had had a month before and within striking distance of his two major rivals. Gnarled in a statistical headlock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Body-Slam Politics | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

...with maps of the Yard, counseling facilities, tours of Boston, introductions to my prefects, proctor, academic advisor and at least five condom distribution centers. Harvard obviously considers these things essential to easing the transition into "college life." Unfortunately, there was no mention of what will probably be my biggest shock of all: the weather. My fellow Californians and empathetic Floridians now joke about actually wearing hats for a functional purpose. But when the sun starts setting at 4 p.m., the wind begins cutting through our clothes and the walk to the dining hall becomes a trek, we won't have...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, | Title: California Dreaming | 10/28/1998 | See Source »

...would shock gays here to know they had such power. Ken Miller left the state several times--"trying to get away from my own sexuality"--but eventually returned to his four siblings and 12 aunts and uncles. These extended families make coming out difficult: tell one person, and a cousin in the next town will find out. Many locals stay closeted. "And that's the way a lot of the society likes it," Miller says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Better Or Worse | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

Hornblower, hair slicked back and decked out inan Armani suit hastily borrowed from a neighbor,chose Debayle unseen from at least 50 contestants,to the shock of Debayle's friends...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Make Love Connections | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...Austin themselves each shared their enthusiasm for the occasion; Austin reflected the jovial atmosphere by recounting a phone conversation with an elderly woman who called her when the appointment was announced. After expressing some shock at how far Harvard had come to be able to appoint "Lady Masters," the woman on the phone concluded with, "You go, girl...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Inventing Real Tradition | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

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