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...American tour, all of the quoters are using steroids. But I figure why mess with a good thing. Does Superman need to lift weights? Does Ronald McDonald need to come up with a new formula for the hamburger? As you can clearly see, there's been no reason to tamper with a gift I've been given...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: The Next Best Thing to Bartlett's | 3/9/1989 | See Source »

These tactics might suffice if you were dealing with the run-of-the-mill Harvard liberal cause--say, the drive to force the final clubs to admit women. But the administration's attempts to tamper with the sacred housing lottery are far more insidious than all their past transgressions combined. The new plan is nothing less than an attempt to control the housing choices (and thus the lives!) of Harvard students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Call for Radical Action | 2/15/1989 | See Source »

...beauty of the housing system makes the administration's attempts to tamper with it reprehensible. You must take decisive action--before it's too late. Sincerely yours, Joseph R. Palmore

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Call for Radical Action | 2/15/1989 | See Source »

...months, proabortion advocates have been desperately trying to harness the anger of women like Lori. The reason: they fear that the high court, with its newly conservative majority, may tamper with the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion nationwide in 1973. Last week the court seemed to take a tentative step in that direction by announcing that it will hear Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. The case involves a 1986 Missouri abortion law that would have put a number of obstacles in the way of a woman seeking abortion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Pro-Choicers Gird for Battle | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

There, she said, she never felt safe. There was one refrigerator at the end of the hallway. She kept her 13-month-old daughter's milk there, but feared strangers would tamper with it or the temperamental refrigerator would let it spoil...

Author: By Peter S. Kozinets, | Title: Movie Inspires Aid for Homeless Families | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

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