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...early 1960s, the need for money for PBHA's expanded slate of programming was filled by grants from foundations. But by 1965 these initial grants ran out, and PBHA was forced to turn to the College for money...
While the concept of a salon may be traditional, this particular one can only be described as "late century cyberpunk frat." Over by the patio is a slate-gray pool table perched on construction girders, and out on the lawn is a sensory-deprivation chamber. The garage is less a garage than a World Wide Web command post. Hiding among the overstuffed sofas and comic- book art in the living room are a video-game power glove, the latest issue of Rolling Stone and a Yoda mask. The dining room is dominated by a psychedelic poster from...
Finally, I resolved to contact my house User Assistant. She was upbeat for awhile, but it soon became clear that the soul of my precious hard drive seemed to be gone. I took a deep breath and re-installed the system disks, effectively creating a blank slate. The next day, a friend was able to retrieve a few of the important files using "Disk Doctor" and a little magic. That took an hour, and sapped my will to keep trying...
Brotman--whose platform centered largely on issues such as promoting gender equality--said she now fully endorses the slate of Robert M. Hyman '98-'97 and Lamelle D. Rawlins...
...take effect on January 1, 1997. The legislation allows the President to veto specific spending measures contained in larger spending bills. After signing an appropriations measure, the President has five days to prepare a list of specific line-items to veto. The Congress could then vote again on the slate of selected line-items. Senator Robert Byrd led the Senate opposition, saying it ceded legislative authority to the executive branch, and predicted that the Supreme Court would rule the law unconstitutional. Approval of a line-item veto was one of the Repulicans' cherished provisions in their Contract With America...