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...said he has worked on the project off-and-on over the past two years. He said he initially planned to adorn the bench with assorted colored glass and water fountains. But because such a design would have been difficult to construct and maintain, Fitch decided to build a simpler, "hill-shaped" bench instead...
...certain race or ethnicity, one should realize that colleges that offer race-based aid packages (or any other perks based on skin color, like affirmative action) are really bribing the students into accepting a college whose race relations climate might otherwise turn them off. Universities find it simpler to lure minorities with money than to make the campus attractive to them in its own right...
...trademark breathy vocals, Hutchence sings about naive love games in a lyrical style reminiscent of many early '80s pop bands, including a younger INXS. This return to a simpler outlook on love is most evident on tracks like "Communication": "Light beams from outer space/Drifting to your satellite/Your dish responds...
Things were simpler then. Last week at the gaudy end of the Republican Convention the 41st President roared off from Houston in a six-story, 227,000- lb.-thrust 747-200B jet. George Bush's seven-plane campaign air force began to crisscross the country from Gulfport to Hartford, bearing hundreds of advance men, surrogates, White House aides, Secret Service agents and reporters. These hordes will follow Bush through countless paralyzing motorcades and rallies, accompanied by helicopters, armored limousines, blocky weapons vans and scores of VIP-toting luxury autos, all in search of the elusive voter...
...thereby depriving the next President of the time required to prepare for office. Oblivious to the stunned cries of betrayal, Perot insisted, as he tiresomely does with every gesture, that he was interested only in the good of the country. The most probable explanation for Perot's reversal is simpler: he couldn't take the heat. Politics is perhaps the only professional game amateurs truly believe they can win. "Even professionals who've been in the minor leagues all their lives don't really appreciate what awaits them at the presidential level," says Michael Dukakis, who has more than...