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| The Harvard Salient | November 4, 1996 |
Nonpartisanship In Action |
A Credit to Yale Law School "The last time I checked, the Constitution said, 'of the people, by the people and for the people.' That's what the Declaration of Independence says." -President Clinton attempting to quote the Gettysburg Address, quoted in the October 18 Washington Post.
How to Get Out the Vote While Fundraising "A man wearing a Bob Dole mask and a 'really ugly yellow tie' robbed a bank in Wheaton, Illinois, and, as he left, reminded everyone to vote." -National Review, October 28. Doom IV: The Ayatollah's Revenge "Iranian authorities have announced they will soon be producing 'Islamic' CD-ROM video games, to counter 'corrupt Western computer games.' According to Mohammad Hussein Ali-Mohammadi, head of the Islamic Revolution Cultural Documentation Organization: 'The enemy is targeting us with ominous and anti-cultural software.'" -National Review, October 14. |
The Worm Has Turned "The Lee County Circuit Court clerk's office said Wednesday that [actor Woody] Harrelson's [marijuana possession] case scheduled to be heard Friday had been moved to Booneville, Ky. and reset for Oct. 30 because Beattyville is in the throws [sic] of its annual 'Wooly Worm Festival.'" -Reuters, October 23. Hazel O'Leary's Replacement? "'I'd grab any woman I liked by the hair, take her back to my cave and devour her. I'd satisfy my sexual and physical appetites because in those days you ate women in both senses,' [Ecuadoran Energy Minister Alfredo Adum] told [the] Ecuadoran magazine Vistazo. "Adum said he would prefer to live without clothes as in the age of the cavemen, when people had fewer prejudices. 'If I could I'd walk around in the nude. Sometimes I think the only difference between Cro-Magnon man and Alfredo Adum is clothes.'" -Reuters, October 16. |
The Reverend Jesse Jackson arrives at Harvard for a "nonpartisan" Get Out the Vote rally co-sponsored by the Institue of Politics, the Black Students Association, and such traditionally nonpartisan organizations as the Harvard-Radcliffe College Democrats and the Kerry Commitee. Photo by Britt Bolen |
The 28th Amendment? "Liberal groups frequently sue to block welfare reforms. In C.K. v. Shalala, advocacy groups argued that New Jersey's 'family cap,' limiting payments to welfare mothers who have additional children, violated recipients' 'right to procreate.'" -Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI) in the Christian Science Monitor, October 11. Put Down the Burger and No One Gets Hurt "Driver not in constant position to easily and quickly carry out necessary manoeuvres behind wheel. Was eating sandwich." -Citation given to a 25-year-old French composer who was fined $45 for eating a hamburger in his car, quoted by Reuters, October 25. Better than the Life of a CS Major "Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Deval Patrick wants hardened criminals to get 'one hour of out-of-cell time daily,' 'a clean clothes and linen exchange at least three times per week,' and 'sporting/recreation equipment to afford prisoners the opportunity to participate in large muscular activity' outdoors." -National Review, October 28. Natural Born Spankers "I was wondering, now that my oldest daughter is nearly four years old and gaining strength, how long I have to wait before I can start slapping my new-born." -Actor Woody Harrelson, berating Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury for saying it was acceptable to discipline children with a "gentle slap," quoted by Reuters, October 29.
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Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Purple Play-Doh's Gotta Go "[T]he National Association for the Education of Young Children published an 'anti-bias curriculum' that argues that homophobia 'must be addressed in the day-care setting.' Not only this, but the 'anti-bias educator of young children must be prepared to address both the gender and sexual differentiations of the sexes for two-year-olds' and to identify 'oppressive situations which might be addressed by boycotts or demonstrations during day care sessions.'" -Heterodoxy, September 1996. Not Even the Talent Competition? "We will give away our lives, we will take lives, but we will not allow the show." -Parliamentary deputy Uma Bharati of the BJP, India's main opposition party, at a rally protesting the Miss World beauty pageant, quoted by Reuters, October 25. Liberalism Builds Character "In the first two years this is a man [Clinton] who tried his best to balance the budget, to reform health care, to fight for gay rights, to support personal freedoms. Couldn't those be considered doing the right things, evidence of true character?" -Bryant Gumbel to The Washington Post's David Maraniss on MSNBC's InterNight, October 10, quoted in the October 18 Blue Light Special in Aisle 6 "Says David Kuo - head of American Compass, which funds worthy conservative causes - on Dole campaign's obsession with economics: 'I think the people walking around wearing 15 per cent stickers make them look like items from a remainder aisle at Kmart.'" -National Review, October 28. Notable Quotables. |
Warren Christopher's Replacement? "Friends say that [Barbra] Streisand occasionally speaks directly to the President about policy and legislation, a fact that Clinton adviser George Stephanopoulos confirms. 'I don't want to give the impression that she's on the White House staff,' he says. 'But when the President speaks to her, he values what she has to say.'" -George, November 1996. Make Sure Your Passport's Up to Date "'Give Bill a second term,' said Hillary Rodham Clinton at a Democratic fund-raiser, 'and Al Gore and I will be turned loose to do what we really want to do.'" -National Review, October 28. Why Not the Literature Prize, Too? "The outrage? The Nobel Peace Prize for years has given President Carter the back of its hand. It can make amends next week and give him what he deserves: the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize." -Wall Street Journal Washington bureau chief Al Hunt on Capital Gang, September 28, quoted in the October 18 Notable Quotables. Attributions Cover photos by Heather Clayton (Dole), Clinton/Gore '92 (Gore), the White House (Clinton), Browne for President, and Nader for President. Cover design by Britt Bolen. |
