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Vol XXXIIII No. 62

Friday, December 3, 1999

  Commentaries

U.S. sanctions deny necessities of life
Susan Gordon
For a More Just and Humane World

A silent but deadly war is being waged against the people of Iraq. Since Aug. 6, 1990, millions of Iraqis have been the innocent victims of economic warfare waged by the U.S. government in the form of economic sanctions. Once ... [more]
Approaching the millennium with hope
Gary J. Caruso
Capital Comments

In the year 999, thousands nervously crammed onto the Vatican grounds as the pope celebrated midnight mass on Dec. 31. Many had sold their possessions, believing that the end of the world would come when the year 1000 arrived. To the ... [more]
Women are not to blame
Letter to the Editor

This is in response to Gabriel Martinez's column yesterday. I should say up front that I am one of the people Martinez calls "damaged goods." I do not dress provocatively. I do not wear low-cut shirts, high-cut skirts, fishnet stockings or ... [more]
The Irish Guard must go
Letter to the Editor

This in no way represents the official views of the band as a whole, its officers or the directors, but as a member of the band of the Fighting Irish, I am very upset with the way the Irish Guard has ... [more]


Inside Column
Watch out for strangers?
Erin Piroutek
Copy Editor

I talk to strangers. I know, you're not supposed to — didn't McGruff the Crime Dog drill that into everyone's head in grade school? But maybe it's just where I was raised — a little town in South Dakota that no ... [more]


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