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Ted Levinson Editor-in-Chief DeDartments 4 From the Editor CAMPUS kBUpS 5 Letters to the Editor David Baur 6 Commentary Editor 8 Fortnight in Review 10 Comic Relief NATIONALAND INTERNATIONALIssues 24 Notable and Quotable Chris Weinkopf Editor

ARTSAND GRAPHICS Matt Fount ah Editor Articles Special Section 11 Campaign 1992 PRODUCTION The race is on! Shiraz Cupola Ted Levinson 15 Drugs on the Fast Track Manager Reform in the FDA. Jane Wellman Chris Weinkopf 16 Clintonomics Examined Assistant Manager Putting politics first. Meredith Hennessey 17 The Problem with Protests BU~INE~~ Pinkos, just stay home. Nick GriflEth Matt Fountain 18 An Interview with Father Hunt Manager Tufts’ Catholic Chaplain. David Baur 19 Regulating the Regulators CONTRIBUTORS Capitalism in the Kangaroo Court. Johnathan Kaye, David Rubenstein, Matt Taylor 21 The Drug War: A Look at the Facts Matt Taylor, Aaron deMello, High Karen Ahlborn, Meredith Hennessey time for re-legalization. Nissan Raclaw, Regan Wadman, John Richer, Tiz Rodriguez, Kevin Book, Steve Seltzer, Steve Tmnte

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Dear Editor:

As David Baur’s freshman advisor and teacher, I respect his seriousness and sense of fairness, so I feel my response to his September 17th article on AIDS activism may be of some interest to him and your readers. 1) AIDS activists tend to shun the term ‘‘AIDS victim” which Mr. Baur says they coined; they prefer the neutral “person with AIDS” or the more self-reliant “person living with AIDS.” I 2) Unsafe behavior can be called such only when it is known what’s safe and what’s not. Of course, behavior is a matter of personal responsibility, and we need only look at the declining rate of HIV infection in the gay community since “safe sex” practices have been understood. Education IS the answer; gays have done a remarkable job amongst themselves, but (incredible as it may seem) there are a lot of people who still haven’t gotten the word. 3)While some AIDS activists are primarily concerned with protesting governmentpolicies,by far the greatest amount of humanenergy--I’d guess it must be 95% if such things were measurable-- is spent in just the sort of self-help activities Mr. Baur respects: fund-raising, counseling, outreach, and the sheer soul-breaking work of taking care of the sick. 4) Yes, there are many horrible diseases besides AIDS, but on a purely practical level, none other poses the threat of geometric progression or challenge to the health care system in the future that AIDS does. Unless we’re prepared to watch thousands of people dying in the streets, it’s wise to get active, in as constructive a way as each person can, now!

Jonathan Strong English Dept. (and Chair of the Faculty & Staff Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Group)

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THEPRIMARY SOURCE, SEPTEMBER 30,1992 5 Commentary TCUJ Chair Quells Free Speech With the federal deficit equaling six percent of the Gross National Product, debt reduction is definitely in What if the President of Tufts University tried to order. The deficit, however, can only be reduced in one of dismiss one of the Deans of the College because the dean three ways: higher taxation, lower government spending, had written an article in support of communism? Such or a combination of the two. Increasing revenues enough actions would be rightfully condemned as “fascism, to balance the budget would doubtlessly destroy the McCarthyism, and censorship.” However, on our TCU economy. Slashing the budget to the point of significantly Judiciary such shenanigans are exactly what is taking reducing the deficit would mean eliminating many of the place. entitlementprograms upon which the American public has It seems that Vice Chair Lowell Reiter ruffled some grown dependent. feathers when he expressed a disdain for political correct- Rudman and Tsongas, though eager to reduce the ness in a September fourteenth letter to the Daily. After the deficit, do not endorse any of these necessary remedies. publication of this letter, Reiter was approached by TCU Tsongas’ own platform from his failed presidential cam- Judiciary Chair Seth Metsch and told that it was inappro- paign would increase the deficiG it urges lower taxation on priate for an elected member of the judiciary to express a business, but advocates increased spending in the form of politicalopinion. Furthermore,Reiter was asked to remove national health care. The former Senators’ support for a himself from office. The sheer lunacy of this request is pledge they would never take themselves is a hypocritical heightened by the fact that there is no legal basis for attempt to gain support for their own egos, not a realistic removing a member of the Judiciary for the “crime” of plan to salvage the economy. expressing a political opinion, even if it is un-PC. Logi- cally, in fact, one is elected on the basis of opinions Lawrence Walsh expressed,ratherthanonthedegreetowhichheagreeswith the TCUJ Chair. Lawrence Walsh, the relentless independent prosecu- Mr. Metsch has indicated that as long as Reiter contin- tor investigatingthe Iran Contra af!fair, is finally closing up ues to speak his mind, rather than mindlessly following shop. Equipped with a blank check, a suite of spacious orders, he will be reluctant to allow the recalcitrant Vice offices, an extravagant Watergate apartment, around-the- Chair to adjudicate any more cases. Clearly, this is a blatant clocklimousine service, and all thelegal assistantshisheart case of bias against those free-thinking souls who dare to desired, Walsh set out to prosecute every individual asso- oppose the malignant liberalism which pervades academia ciated with the Iran-Contra affair and many who weren’t. today. WeatThePrimary Source stand byMr.Reiter’sright Since his actions were not restrained in the least, Walsh’s to free speech.

Lead... or Leave

Former Senators Paul Tsongas and Warren Rudman are currently busy campaigningfor their new “Lead... or Leave”program. Lead. ..orhave asks that all candidatesfor Congress pledge to cut the deficit in half or not seek re- election at the end of their term. No longer accountable to their constituencies or the task of formulating a budget, it is quite easy for Tsongas and Rudman to take such a pious stance. This “outsiders’”’ plan, however, is all too political, abundant with rhetoric and devoid of economic “MRS. MOM TOAOWAUOW?. .. YUJ’RE HEREBY BY SPECIAL PROSECUTOR LAWRENCE WALSH TO TEsnFY MOUT YOUR ROW IN THE logic. MlCONlW AFFAIR. .. I”

6 THEPRIMARY SOURCE, SEPTEMBER 30,1992 five year vendetta has cost taxpayers $32 million and example of government intervention creating more prob- produced few substantial results. The convictions of John lems than solutions. Poindexter, President Reagan's National SecurityAdvisor, and Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, a National Security European Economic Crisis Council aide, were both overturned in appeals courts. Walsh's limited successin obtaining guilty pleas from mid- The events of the last two weeks do not bode well for level CIA operatives were minimal, as the CIA had only the once-imminent economic unification of Europe. The minor involvement in any wrongdoing. Walsh thought he chancesfor asinglejointcurrencyunderacentralbanknow was trying to grasp the truth of the matter when in reality, seemdim, at best. The realization of the apparent fragmen- he was merely grasping at straws. tation in the already-feeble economic pact and the slim Walsh came to his senses and ended his inquiry before margins by which the Maastricht Treaty is being approved focusing his assault on Reagan administration officials (orevenrejected, asinDenmark)makeitclearthattheonce such as former Secretary of State George Schultz and probable specter of a unified Europe will most likely never former Attorney General Edwin Meese III. Former Secre- materialize. tary of Defense Casper W. Weinberger, however, has not Germany's unwillingness to take into account the escaped Walsh's prosecution obsession; his trial is now international ramifications of their monetary policies is a pending. Walsh assures the public that if any juicy informa- portent of problems to come. As a result of Germany's tion is revealed in the Weinberger trial he'll re-open the policies the French Franc took a beating and the Pound entire investigation. One can only hope that in the mean- Sterling had to be removed from the European Monetary time Walsh will find a hobby to take his mind of his Union. Europe is now left with only one strong currency- politically motivated and wasteful investigation. Only theDeutschmark.& aresult,theravagedEuropeanmarket then, will everyone be able to get on with their lives. faces an investment vacuum. The current fiscal environ- ment is hardly conducive to free trade. Cable Television Regulation Increasing global economic interdependence makes Germany's recent self-serving actions highly impractical. Last week, the Senate passed a bill that would further With new federal figures clearly indicating a significant regulate the cable televisionindustry.The bill would create decrease in power of the countries to defend their curren- price ceilings on a minimum service, require that cable cies, a Unified Europe mandates constant communication companiescarry all over-the-air local stations, anddemand and cooperation. Current nationalist attitudes, however, that future competitors have access to channels such as cast a doubt as to whether individual countries will so CNN and Lifetime. gladly sacrifice their own sovereignty for the sake of the Many are lauding the bill as long due relief from a community. monopoly run amuck, but few haveconsidered the fact that the governmentis responsiblefor creatingthe monopoly in the first place. By granting licenses that only allow one carrier to operate in a given area, the Federal Communica- tion Commission created a market devoid of competition to drive prices down or encourage improved service. Instead, the FCC depended on regulation and the goodwill of the cable companies to control the market. E The subsequent deregulation simply allowed these companies to exploit their monopolistic positions. These FF4 abuses are the justifbation of this new regulation bill, but if the FCC hadn't originally interfered no regulation would be needed now. Cable re-regulation is yet one more DM Y THE PRIMARYSOURCE, S~MBER 30,1992 7 Fortnight in Review Comedy is allied to Justice. terribly relieved. -Aristophanes BBecause George Bush refuses to debate Governor mRecently we at The Primary Source have received a lot Clinton under the proposed conditions of the League of of criticism for our derisive remarks about Governor Women Voters, Slick Willy is threatening todebatehimself. Clinton. We resent this accusation of partisanship,and feel We feel certain that the moderate presidential candidate that some parts of Slick Willie’s record are definitely Clintonwillhavenoproblemstrashingtheliberalgovernor admirable. How can we not appreciate a man who cheated from Arkansas. on Hillary for twelve years? mThe Fraternal Order of Little Rock Arkansas Police BReports from the former Soviet Union show that old have stabbed Bill Clinton in the back and endorsed George military equipment from the Evil Empire is selling at Bush. Apparently they weremiffedthat Slick Wdy shared bargain blow-out prices on the streets from Kiev to St. front cover status with Ice-T. Anyway, since Petersburg. Thousand dollar night Arkansasranksdeadlastinthecountry vision goggles are selling for $80, in per capita funding for police, the and fifteen thousand dollar pressure endorsement will only win the suits are selling for a mere $150. It President another six votes. seems that the Russians are teaching us the value of the dollar... something W A San Francisco telephone the Pentagon hasn’t quite gotten the company has given its 50,000 hang of yet. subscribersa free phone call to James Baker to urge him to “halt the WMen Understanding Sexism at Republican party’s attacks on gays Tufts (MUST) received $200 last and lesbians.” In a related story, the year from the TCU Senate for Democratic National Party has condoms. Extra sensitive, no doubt. receivedthdsofphonecallsfrom irate midwestemers demanding that mJust one day after his untimely the party stop its attacks on their death, Representative of favorite spud, the potatoe. wona landslide election to be the Democratic party’s nominee Ip3 ItseemstheDukakisFrison in the upcoming election. In his furlough program has worked once again for concession speech,Weiss’s opponent, Arthur Block of the WllieHorton.Theconvictedrapistandmuxkrer New Alliance Party, gave his opposition credit for the stiff has been spotted in Toronto, playing for the Blue Jays as competition. designated him. How fitting.

Last week an Irish fishing vessel sailingin the Irish Sea WATufts computer hacker has just been suspended for caught the submarineUSS Sturgeonin one of its nets. They a semester for breaking in to the registrar’s secretfiles. The threw it back, however, hoping to catch something bigger, perpetratorwasallegedlytryingto sign up fortheMosophy like Ross Perot’s ego. department’s course on Ethics.

WThe sequel to this summer’s fii, “Perot does WUnlike Bush, Governor Clinton is in favor of Washington” is expected to come out soon. In this version implementing the Family Leave biU But who wouldn’t 01’ Raunchy Ross re-enters, causing much pain and with a family like his? discomforted to Buffalo Bill, yet leaving Gigantic George

8 THEPRIMARY SOURCE, SEITEMBER 30,1992 msatanic Verses author Salman Rushdie has recently WMarion Barry, former Mayor and crackhead at large of made an appearanc at the University of Colorado. We at WashingtonDC,has wonthe primary forDCCity Council. THE SOURCEhave compiled the top ten reasons as to why he The Primarv Source is proud to provide its readers with a should s'peak at Tufts. sneak preview of Barry's top ten campaign slogans.

10. The crack police capabilities of Officer Bob 10. From the Big House to the White House! 4. Tufts students are clamoring for a sequel to last year's 9. Flying high for DC Nation of Islam speech 8. Barry... he's all he's cracked up to be 8. International Night at Hodgdon 7. As seen on TV! 7. It will give WMFO an excuse to play some funky belly 6. Vote Barry, he inhales dancing music. 5. Marion is not just blowing smoke 6. The committee investigating Greek life likes that his 4. Women are sold on Barry name reads Rush... Die! 3. Read my lips, as soon as I take them off the pipe 5. As a fellow recluse, he can console the lost inhabitants 2. He's on top of womens' issues of Bridge-Metcalf. 1. High, 'ho, High, 'ho, it's off to City Hall I go 4. Because his solitude means celibacy, he will fit right in at MUST. WPiem Mauroy was conditionally named President at 3. His speech can be televised on TUTV,but his presence the annual meeting of the SocialistInternational in Berlin. will still be a secret. Mauroy's appointment would have been official, but its 2~Hisvisitwoulddoublethe size of our religiondepartment. becoming almost impossible to get a quorum, even when 1. Nobody will see him if he eats at Carmichael; but if they every Socialist in the world attends the gathering. poison his food, he won't be able to tell. bewe the only ones to have noticed that Tufts has had Bin an attempt to remain politically correct and non- two fires since the hiring of a University Fire Marshall? It homophobic, TUDS has again once again replaced the seems that there is a missing homogenized milk relationship between hires placard in MacPhie with a and fires. sticker reading"hom0 milk.'' Additional fairy products afe wonhismnt appearance also expected to be added to to Boston, Governor Clinton the menu. visited a local pub and ordered a beer even though A recent issue of he is allergic to the sudsy Observer featured an article brew. According to the by Governor Bill Clinton Governor, he sipped once or which detailed his oh-so- , twice but never swallowed. feasible economic plans for the country. Seems that Slick willY is already securingapost-cmpG@job the fiscal ~A~o~~gtobudgetr~o~sfor~eSocietyforCreative manager for The Observerr AnachronismtheTCUhas granted funding for amedieval knife, a hammer, leather for arms andlegs, and two rolls of WWeatne primary sour= have Cracked the secret of duct tape. Rumors that the Society is really a front for the ROSS Perot's appeal to the masses. The Republicans are nGBC have yet to be proven. attracted to his elephant-like ears and the Democrats are attracted to his ass-like demeanor.

THEPRIMARY SOURCE, SEPTEMBER 30,1992 9 Comic Relief

10 THEPRIMARY SOURCE, SEPTEMBER 30,1992 SPECIAL SECTION Daqn W Wfol J CuDOlO

YCli*,../ ..:...... j ..;.. ..: prlI...... THE FIRSTONE HUNDREDDAYS

JANUARY 20,1993: Justice Cuomo swears in Slick Willie as 42nd President of the United States.

MARCH11,1993: Chelsea Clinton, with the help of her mother Hillary, sues Bill for being a bad dad.

APRIL1,1992: Clinton achieves world pce,hunger is abolished, and the world experiences unparalleled economic growth.

APRJL 24,1993: President Clinton sends peace keeping force to Yugoslavia in order to get some real military experience.

APRIL 30,1993: Clinton exports the Arkansas educational miracle to the rest of the country. By next month all students will be chawin’ t’backy and pluckin’ chickens.

THEPRIMARY SOUR^, September 30,1992 11 SPECIAL SECTION Ddgn w SMvx J Cupola

To inhale, or not to inhale: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler to partake in the weed Tuning in, turning off, dropping out, Or to refuse against a deluge of peer pressure And by declining lose friends? To light up: to toke, No more; and by an inhalation to say we leave reality And sip the smoke of love, peace, and national health care, To be high, perchance to see pink elephants: there’s the catch: For in that cloud of pot what dreams may come Are shuttled off in the next morning’s sun. Perchance I be foolish in an altered state, Engaging in sexual encounters I may later regret? Oh the Geranium Herb is not the Gennifer Flowers! And the munchies, which my wasteline dreads so, Overwhelm my appetite till it knows no satiety So that the Republicans may call me Buffalo Bill. And could deep breaths damn my political career? Tis not a real infraction of national drug laws To enjoy narcotics abroad. And in Oxford, tis only proper I shall celebrate my visa Which keeps me from the jungles of Indochina, For who would not choose the plant over the palm? With Hillary at my side, who may one day join me in marriage, May the aroma of each fresh doobie, The effervescence of every water drop from the bong, Permeate my lungs, and mutilate the cells of my brain, The few of which are functional anyway, Conscience doth make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of herbs and incense Is this poll which I see before me? a Slicks o’er the pale cast of thought Approval rating, pointing downward? Inhaling: great risk, but enjoyment Come, let me change thee. With this regard, let decision not be so hazy. I have no votes, yet I see second term still. a And lose the name of spontaneity. Art thou not, my consituency, sensible ,-- To what I have achieved? Hast thou forgotten my triumph in Persia? The wretched Sadaam had my wrath felt And was his aggression not quelled? As a result of my doing, Thy oil is now aplenty and inexpensive Yet thou has stopped waving thine flags, And yellow ribbons no longer bound thy trees. Why hast thou ceased to cry “four more years?” Art thou but solely interested In thy wealth, prosperity, and well being, Thy confidence marred by foolish notions of a recession? Hath not my reduced interest rates, Extended unemployment benefits, and low inflation Inspired ye to find good fortune? Mine eyes do not see thy hardship,

12 W PRMARVSOURCE, September 30,1992 SPECIAL SECTION Deslpn twYS~lm2J Cuwa

-- 4Weo anb the Braft @€firer Draft Officer: 0 Billeo, Billeo, where art thou Billeo? Deny thine uncle and refuse his specid influence; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn to ROTC And I’ll no longer send you to Nam. b Billeo: Allow me to free my lips from this bong, So that I may best reply to your call.

Draft Officer: Tis thy government that is thy enemy, Thou art thyself merely a Clinton. L What’s a Clinton? ’Tis neither a senator, Nor a businessman, nor a long-haired hippy freak. What’s in your name, Billeo? If a draft number were assigned to any other name, Would their be such special treatment?

Billeo: Tis not the name that maketh the man, but his connections. 1 The Senator on the Hill, whom they call Fulbright, He hath upon me donned his care As hath my uncle, who is very wealthy.

Draft Officer: I take thee at thy word, I shall call you but 4H, And thou shalt be newly baptized, A L First to Oxford, then to ROTC, L And thou shall never see the jungles of Vietnam. 1 ! They are consumed by my quest for ano’r term. Do not allow thy foolish self interests & Bring thou to vote for the heathen of Arkansas. #. XOS’S’Caesar Friends, Americans, Countrymen, we know of his large ears; I come to ridicule Perot, and play upon your fears. 1 The promises made and broken, which he hopes we’ve all forgot, Can all be renewed with the royal campaign he’s bought. The man who muses many with the help of Larry King, Continuously disappoints the masses and lacks that “vision thing.” And exactly for what doth that blasted H stand? Homely, Happy, Heinous? Hesitant with his hand? His platform hath no planks, floating merely on hot air, And his laurels have no place to rest for he hath no hair. Perot, an engima, shall he run or shall he retreat? Flee, Ross, flee, for November shall bring defeat. T- THEPRIMARY SOURCE,4September 30, 1992 13 SPECIAL SECTION DOSlQn by SWOI J CuDdo

14 THEPRIMARY SOURCE, Sepiember 30, 1992 Drugs On the Fast Track Ted Levinson

Themostrecentreformsin theFoodand ommen~o~particUlarlyusefulsince,‘‘hu- TheFood and Drug Administration is the Drug Agency were initiated by a petition to mans are humans, and if the study is done in oldest consumer protection agency in the expedite approval for DDI and DDC, two a scientific manner, the results should be nation. With over 7,800 employees and an experimentalAIDS drugs. i annual budget of $600 million a year, the In-1990 Public Citizen, a Medicines save lives, and any delay in agency is Yesponsible for regulating one lobbying groupdevoted to quarter of allconsumerpurchases.TheFDA increasing government their availability has lethal effects. is abureaucrat’s dreamandaprivateciten’s regulationproducts, broke of medicalwith tra- nightmare. With an average approval time -U for new drugs of 9.75 years, the inefficiency dition and urged the FDA to approve the two accurate.”Although Dr. Kessler, headof the of the FDA is only eclipsed by the U.S. drugs before the completion of final clinical FDAiscompletelycommittedtothese policy Postal service. Yet, unlike our mail service, studies measuring their safety and effective- changes, support for the proposals is not the FDA is undergoing innovations in policy ness. In the final report of the National unanimous. Many people are wary to lessen and analytic techniques that promise to save Committee toReview Currenthocedurefor the power of the FDA. Representative Ted billions of dollars and millions of lives. Approval of New Drugs for Cancer and Weiss (D-NY) believed that the proposals, AIDS,chainnanandDeanof the Tufts Medi- “place severe limits on FDA’s ability to cal School, Louis Lasagna reported that, scrutinize drug applications...” Empirical “Life-threateningillnesses ...deserve urgent studiesofFm,GreatBritain,andCanada, attentionby society ... Patients sufferingfrom where accelerated approval and extemal re- Cancer and AIDS cannot afford the luxury of view are commonplace suggest that these waiting for drug development and regulation concerns are unfounded. to move as slowly as they usually do ...” The Professor Lau has contributed to the FDA quickly approved the drugs, setting a smamlining of drug approval with his fmd- precedent for innovation. ings in cumulative meta-analysis that were This move, which was called “a regula- recently published in the New England Jour- tory milestone,” is not without its risks. nal of Medicine. Citing delays in the ap- Patients with life-threatening diseases may proval of effective drugs as “something that now have access to drugs when“substantial“ patients and the health-care system can ill rather than“definitive”evidenceexists mea- afford,” Lau has developed a system for suring safety and efficacy. To speed up the judging the effectiveness of adrug based on review process “surrogate markers” will re- manySnall,in&~d~tStudies.Thisanaly- place “end points” as a judge of the drug. For sis willmakeobsoletetheneed forexpensive instance, in the case of AIDS drugs, an and time-consuming studies involving sev- increase in T4 cells is sufficient for condi- eralhundredpatients.Dr.Laualsoadvocates tional approval whereas before extended lie humantestingat anearlierstage in the drug’s spanhad to be proven. This change of policy development to curtail delays due to clinical was well received by terminally ill patients Studies. One of the primary duties of the FDA is who“havemadeitc1ear...thatinlig htofthe In the past pharmaceutical companies address to the interests of consumers by seriousness of the diseases involved, are have had to make ten year commiments to insuringthesafetyandeffectivenessofdrugs. willing to accept this greater risk.” developing a new drug. Success had to be In it’s efforts to fulfill this re-jponsibilitythe Since this decision Vice President imminent, or the drug costs high to reflect FDA has historically failed to “recognize Quayle’s Council on Competitiveness has this business risk. With the new changes in that approval of useful and safe new prod- released a study on the Food and Drug Ad- policy andprocedure,companieswillhavea ucts can be as important to the public as ministration.Recommendationsfor improv- greater incentive to experiment with less preventing the marketing of harmful orinef- ing and speeding up the approval cerrain cures. Start-up pharmaceutical fms Millions process fective products.” of Americans include using outside reviewers for back- will not have to face ten years of losses have died because life-saving drugs were logged applications, a more flexible inter- before revenue begins. Consumers will also crawling through the review process at a pretation of efficiency standards, acceler- benefit from lower prices for medication. snail‘s pace. Sam Kazman of the Competi- ated review for life-saving drugs, and reli- tive Enterprise Institute noted that, “Medi- ance on studies conducted by foreign regula- Mr. Latinson is a Senior majoring in cines save lives, and any delay in their tory commissions. Professor Joseph Lau of Economics. availability has lethal effects,” the Tufts Medical School fmds the last rec-

THEPRIMARY SOURCE,SEPTEMBER 30,1992 15 Clintonomics Examined Chris Weinkopf

can be partially Covered by “reducing gov- taxes on gasoline; costs that affect people on Presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s eco- ernment waste,” but does not explain how, all economic levels. nomic plan, “Putting People First” is the nor has he demonstrated such leadership in Even worse than the damaging effect ultimate sound byte. The program is rich Arkansas. Clinton’s plan would have on the deficit, is with rhetoric and admirable aims, but lacks Clinton claims that expenses not cov- that it is basedon the faulty notion that taxing any feasible method by which to attain its ered by his stealth waste reduction program “therich”doesnot affect thepoor.‘since“the piously lofty goals. The Governor’s plan, will be covered by increasing taxes on the rich”have more money, they also consume, premised on rampant deficit spending and “rich.” invest, and save more than any other class. While liberals makes offhanded remarks about ‘the rich and their swimming pools,’ More alarming than Governor Clinton’s advocacy of they fail to realized that many middle class Americans are employed and fed by the an obviously flawed plan, however, is his clinging to constructionof thosepools.Withoutwealthy the liberal belief that the weak can be elevated at the investors, American entrepreneurswould be expense of the strong, a notion which has repeatedly unable to develop the technology necessary to make the country viable in the future. been proven to be false. Clinton blatantly uses class warfam as a theme in his campaign,ignoring the fact that taxes on “the rich” are essentially taxes on business, hence the middle class. taxation, is in fact the greatest obstacle to Theprimaryflawin the Governor’splan The Clintonprogramisalsodetrimental hproved education, job growth, and pros- to increase taxes on the upper class, is that to business in its call for more government perity. The pposal, if enacted, will cost evenifAmericansearningmorethan$9O,OOO regulation. “Putting People First” requires American taxpayers $220 billion dollars in do have their income tax raised from,3 1% to thatallbusinessesspendat least 15%of their direct taxation, and billions more indirectly a staggering 38.5% (as the governor pro- payroll on training or pay the equal amount as a result of burdensome regulation. More poses) only $83 billion dollars in increased to a national training fund. This tax on alarming thanGovemor Clinton’sadvocacy revenues will be gained. Such funding falls businesses prevents companies from hiring of an obviously flawed plan, however, is his far short of thenecessary $220 billionneces- as many employees, and allows the clinging to the liberal belief that the weak sary to support his social programs. As a government, rather than the free market, to can be elevated at the expense of the strong, result Clinton will probably have to increase dictatehowsuppliersshouldoperate.Central anotion whichhasrepeatedlybeen provento taxes elsewhere. In Arkansas he raised the Please see Clintonomics, Page be false. sales tax, which includes food, as well as 22. The only logical aspect of “Putting People First” is the proposition to cut taxes ten percent, or 95 cents a day for themiddle class. The program also offers an $800 tax credit per child for American families. De- creased taxation, on any class of the Ameri- can public, allows for moremoney to circu- late through the private sector, thereby cre- ating jobs. Economic common sense, how- ever, dictates that to keep the deficit under control, tax cuts must be accompanied by reduced spending. Unfortunately,Governor Clinton fails to comprehend this logic. Clintonomics, in fact, is rooted in in- creased federal spending. New government programs would include socialized medi- cine, additional federal aid for home mort- gages, free pre-school for all of America’s toddlers, and government sponsoredjobtrain- ing programs.The Governorargues the costs

16 THEPRIMARY SOURCE, SEPTEMBER 30,1992 The Problem with Protests Meredith Hennessey

death and according to them, the CIA has epidemic, support for a gay rights bill and Atthe Republican National Convention confiscated it and is using it against its abortion rights were at the top of their this summer, I encountered alot of interest- political enemies. Their address is a Post agenda. Unfortunately,mostcouldnotover- ing people, suchasPatrickBuchanan,whom Office Box somewhere in Chicago. Please come theiranger long enough to discuss the I met, drank, talked and ate with. I stood send money. issues with passers by, preferring instead to twenty-five feet away from former Presi- Estelle Debates, the Vice-Presidential hurl insults and chant well-worn slogans. dent Ronald Reagan during his convention candidate of the So- , . address. I also met several college Republi- cialist workersparty, cans from around the country and I heard whom you may re- The moral is that discussion and peaceful many, many speeches by National Republi- member spoke at communicationbreak through walls a lot can figures such as , Bob Dole, Tufts earlier this se- faster than insults and protests, and Newt Gingrich. Although there were mester, or you may speeches that I disagreed with, I found their not remember since basic themes easy to accept, such as prop- only six people at- erty rights and family values. tended the lecture (one was the sponsor, For example, a man dressed in a Pope-like But outside the Astrodome there was four were Source staff members, and one outfit wore a sandwich board bearing the another group of people whom I met. They wasapinko freshman), wasprotestingabor- words ‘Sex Expert’ and chanted slogans were very different and not so easy for me tion restrictions because she feels that the such as “Get your cross out of my crotch!” tounderstand.They were theprotesters; the liberation of women can only be achieved and “Get your bible out of my bedroom!” pro-choice & pro-gay activists who had through reproductive freedom and govern- Although it received attention for being come from near and far to express their ment intervention. amusing, this action, and the anger behind anger at the Republican party and its plat- The Atheists of America were protest- it was very detrimental to their cause. Sym- form. On the first day I. walked from the ing the Judeo-Christianfoundationof Ameri- pathetic people who approached in friend- Astrodome to a nearby hotel for a pro-life can Society and demanded change. ship were turned away. Bigotted people rally and passed some of the protesters on The National Organizationfor Women who passed by with amusement felt secure the street. I stopped to talk to them to find (NOW),was protesting for abortion rights in their ignorance. outexactly whatthey wereprotesting. Most and had rounded up all of its members for And the ignorance and the anger led to of them weren’t willing to talk to someone whom it was “that time of the month”; they violence. On the evening of the second day wearing a “Buchanan for President” button were in rate fighting form. of the convention, ACT UP moved their but a few were. There were several other organizations protest closer to the gates. When they were ThexeweretwoPolynesianswhowanted whose members had come in groups of twos informed by police and the Secret Service to end electricity production in the United and threes to protest many other injustices that they had to move back, they refused. Statesbecause “electric waves in the atmo- of the Bush Administration. Arrests began, and in a countermove, ACT sphere pass through our bodies and cause Butthemostnumerous andvocalgroup UPmembers piled signs and debris together cancer.” They believed that Einstein in- was ACT UP, a gay rights activists group. and set fire to it to create adistraction. Here vented a mind-reading device before his Dozens of its members gatheed outside the is where the controversy arises. Perhaps the conven- police panicked as the fire grew and did tion gates what they felt was necessary to stop it; or with the perhaps they were unnecessarily brutal as other ACT UP claims. But the police moved in, demon- both on foot and mounted on horseback, Stratorst0 pushed back the protesters and put out the protest a fire. Several people were injured, mostly variety of protesters, and at least one girl ended up in issues. the hospital. Criticism We’ll never know who was wrong or of the who over reacted, but we do know that it Bush could have been prevented if ACT UP had Adminis- moved away from the gates and hadn’t used 0”Omids arson to prevent the arrests. Later in the handling evening at our hotel, some friends and I met of the Please see ACT UP, Page 22. AIDS

SOURCE, 30,1992 THE PRIMARY SEPTE~~BER 17 An Interview with Father Hunt Matt Fountain

debate regarding its jeopardized departmen- on the importance of religion as well. Dueto the sizable Catholic population at tal status. Father Hunt voiced his sprang GittlemanechoedFatherHunt when hesaid, Tufts,FatherMchaelHunt,aPaulistFather, approval for maintaining the department,“I “I am profoundly interested in the study of has been a focal point for the activities of certainly think there should be a religion comparative religions. I don’t believe you Catholic students. As the Catholic Chaplain department and it should be given more can understand what is happening m Yugo- faculty. Everywhere else in slavia, the Middle East, Europe, or even in 1 ccUnlessan [important] discipline has its C thecountry moreandmore the U.S. without understanding the impact own department, it gets 10s religion *dents are takingCourses religion has made on civilization.” t... t... in religion. It seems Gittleman’s view on the importance of a should have a majors program.” short- sighted [on that basis] to religion department differed. He voiced his L I about closing the reli- indifference and remarked that he “just talk of Tufts and the foremost advisor of the gion departmen t... unless an [important] dis- doesn’t have much interest in a religion Catholic StudentOrganization (the Catholic cipline has its own department, it gets department because the department never Center), Father Hunt presents a visible rep- lo st...religion should have a majors pro- had much interest in me.” Gittleman men- resentative of Catholicism at Tufts. Since gram.” He went on to stress that, “religion tioned that, “in the twenty years that I’ve joiningtheTuftsCommunityin 1984,Father has become a very important factor in world been teaching I’ve never had one meeting Hunt has been an asset for Catholic students. affairs. WeseeitintheIslamic world,wesee with anyone in the department of religion Father Hunt served as a chaplain at Wayne asking about my opinion, my courses, or State University, Boston University, and the showing any interest whatsoever in Judaic University of California at Berkeley before Studies.” Gittleman viewed the issue of coming to Tufts nine yean ago. departmental status as negligible. However, One of the big reasons that Father Hunt as Professor Hunter said, “[It’s] clear hm decided to come to Tufts was the relatively our enrollment that students wish to study small size of the Tufts student body. At religion from professors who are trained in Berkeley, Father Hunt found the experience religion and not from people whose speciali- “impersonal” because of the large size of ties are in other [academic] disclipines.” Berkeley’s Catholic Community. For ex- As much as he supports a religion de- ample;hementionedthat“over7,000people partment,Father Hunt noted that it was only attended mass every Sunday” at the Berke- recently that a course on Catholicism was ley Chapel. Because of the size of his includeainthekligiondepartment. Coupled congregation, Father Hunt “could not get to with an incident that occurred two years ago know every single Catholic at Berkeley” when anti-Catholicbigotry was expressed in who sought his advice. Therefore, when fliers on campus, Father Hunt concluded Father Hunt inquired about the Chaplaincy that,”I’here has not been the same kind of position at Tufts, he found that the much concern about anti-Catholic bigotry as there smaller school suited him because of the has been about other forms of prejuidice. I increased possibilities of “getting to know think there is an assumption that Catholics the students better.” arenot atrisk.Thestandardsaboutprejudice After eight years at Tufts, Father Hunt should be uniform. People express neg@ve, remains pleased and “optimistic with the sornetimeshumms,thingsaboutthe- current and future involvement of Catholics it in Yugoslaviaright now, and in all of the lic church that they wouldn’t say about other in the Tufts Community.” He asserted that Republics of the Former Soviet Union.” He groups.”Professor Hunter, who is cunrently along withtheincreasinginterest inreligious also discussed some of the interesting as- the only professor of the religion depart- studies, there has also been increased inter- pects of the impact of a religion on the ment, said in a follow-up interview that the est in Catholicism during his eight year stay policies of specific nation-states formed af- reason why courses were not offered m --up at Tufts. Clearly, Father Hunt has enjoyed ter the of the Soviet Union. For Catholicism was due to two chronic pmb- the benefits of a smaller student body which example, Father Hunt visited the Ukraine lems in his department “lack of faculty to enables him to focus his amtion on the and found that the large Catholic and Greek teachasuch specifiedcourse,likecatholism, Catholics as well as other interested students Orthodox Christianpopulationare drawing and the so-called lack of funding for the at Tufts. opposite sides on critical policy issues such religion department.” Father Hunt spoke of the unfoxtunate as the offical church of Ukraine. shared Please see Interview, Page 22. state of the religion department, and the Provost Sol Gittleman his views

18 THEPIUMARY SOURCE,Smmm 30,1992 Regulating the Regulators David Baur

its employees' wages in half without losing stead, they want the government to regulate Wypeople claim that capitalism is a its best workers to other companies that will (i.e.-control) business to protect the little flawed system because the lack of controls pay ahigherwage.Competitionrequiresthat people; i.e.-the employeesorthe consumers. 0n"greedy businessmen" creates a situation a producer provide the highest quality of Opponents of the free market claim that where workers and the public at large are businessmen are too selfish to be trusted not exploited. To prevent this exploitation fmm The mosteffective way of to exploit the public. They argue that, re- occurringpeople call for regulation that will controlling a business is gardless of who will be hurt, it is human control the actions of businessmen.But what nature to go to any lengths necessary for a no one wants to consider is the fact that the through competition. quick profit. Because of this propensity to very system of capitalism, when allowed to cheat, lie and steal, businesses needs to be work properly, prevents exploitation I this controlled. from occurring. In addition, the system of product forthe lowestpriceas well as paying The duty to regulate business is given to politics that has evolved in this country the highest wage possible to amtand keep public officials since it is the government's actually corrupts those whose judgement is the best workers. To avoid doing so would responsibility to protect the interests of soci- called upon to regulate businesses. notonlyleadtolowerprofitsintheshortrun, ety. They are assigned the task of determin- The justification for govenunent regula- but bankruptcy in the long run. Thus. every ing whether the free market has created an tionisthat individualbvsinessmen,whenleft to business decision is controlled by this con- equitable allocation of resources. But the their own devices, will commit any ~IW'JUPU- cept of competition. wordequitableisaveryambiguoustermand lousact inordertoin~pfits.Theseacts Of course, unscrupulous businmen it can be defmed in several different ways. includeg~giIlgplim,~ucing~~- whowilltrytoabusethesystemdoexist.But For instance, does it mean that opportunity ucts, providing unsafe warking umdi!ions for any weeded should exist for everyone to improve their th&Workers,and~vhgbelOW-standard~- suchbehaviorwilleventuallybe out by a competitive market because of the well-being or that everyone should earn a pensation to their employees. ?his concept very nature of capitalism, namely individu- certain amount of money? Does this mean rests on the idea that menare intrinsically evil als engaging in free trade. A worker freely that everyone should be free to apply for a and are always looking for a quick profit at chooses to work for a given company and job, start a business, or buy property, or does anyone's expense. willonly accept somuch wagecutting. After it mean that everyone should have food, What people fail to realize is that the some point, a given worker will choose to clothing,and shelter, as well as acar, a VCR free market, when permitted to work freely, find another job and invariably the best and cable TV? These are all value judge- prevents a businessman from exploiting the workers will be the first ones to leave. Re- ments, none of which are clear cut. The public. The most effective way of control- gardlessofhowexpendableacompany wants responsibility for making these value judge- ling a business is through competition. A toviewlabor,agaodemployeeishardtofmd ments is placed in the hands of a few govern- company cannot arbitrarilydecide to double and such wage cutting will leave an ineffec- mntoficials undertheassumptionthatthey prices in order to increase profits because tual work force. The same principle applies will always take into consideration the wel- people will invariably buy less of the good or to setting prices andproducingalowquality fare of the public. find a substitute for it. A business cannot cut good or service. People freely choose where Therefore, the public's protection and to spend their the effectivenessof regulation is completely money and will al- dependentupon the virtue of the govenunent ways try to find the official. Buttheassumptionthatthepolitical best value for it. A system will work perfectly is tantamount to company that fails the consistently denied pposition that free to provide that markets will work perfectly. So why is the value to its custom- governmentofficial considem-lvirtuaus and ers will soon be fil- austworthy enough, not only to conduct his ing forbankruptcy. affairs, but also to control the affahof other But the oppo- people? The so-called self& businessman is nents of capitalism not a different species of man who is M~U- either do not have rally inclined to cheat the public. There faith in the com- doesn't exist a separate gene pool fmm petitivemarketsys- which honest government officials are se- tem or do not have lected. Elected or otherwise, those who a~ the patience to al- low it to work. In- Continued on next page.

THEPRIMARY SOURCE, SEFTEMBER 30,1992 19 been abandoned. In other their book, Free Market words, Congress and fivironmentalism, "Because The ability to set policy based only on arbitrary regulatory boards such as PolitiCianSandb~~Ucra~~vdue judgements that benefit Some and hurt theFiDAmdmAmab1eto rewarded for responding to others places a great deal of power into the hands crateany law thatregulates politicalpressure groups,there of government officials. This is the reason for the the economic affairs of is no guarantee that the values without hatring of unorganized interests will widespread corruption that exists in the public to answer to a higher be taken into account even if sector. authority about its they constitute a majority of r constitutionality.Thus, any The Drug War:ALook at the Facts Matt Taylor mined in New York over an eight month drug dispute, it creates an externality which kbber~,murder and corruption per- period. Of the over 240 people killed, 25 affects the non-drug using population. vasive throughout large segments of Ameri- were murdered by people under the influ- Ifthedrugtrade weretreatedinthesame can cities. In some cities, gunfire is heard ence of drugs. Of these 25.24 were using manner as other commodities, there would frequently. In addition, large numbers of alcohol and only one person had been using be no need for buyers and sellers to resort to peopleappeartobeaddictedtoalifeofdrugs illegal drugs. If drug abusers are not the violence. Drug producers would be respon- and crime. A question which sible for maintaining quality isnotoften askedhowever,is andconsistencyof theirprod- whether these terrible ills af- ... the war against drugs is an unnecessary and UCB. A high-level executive fectingourcountvredueto expensive battle that only perpetuates violence ataNew Yo*insuranceh, the presence of illegal drugs whohasbeenusing heroin for on the streets or the policy of and crime. almost twenty years,hasbeen steadily employed for the 1930s by the United States government. Recently, Jeffrey Miron, Chair source of violence ravaging our corntry, uses heroin simply because he "likes it." of Economics at Boston University deliv- than what is the source? Because the market The only problem he faces with his drug use ered alecture discussing the economic costs for narcotics is illegal, buyers and sellers is the terribleuncertainty of the quality of the and benefits of the current US policy of drug cannot resolve disagreements through the drug with which he injects himself. Legal- prohibition. The results of his studies indi- court system. As a result, drug sellers and ization would provide an immediate im- cate that many of the "problems" attrib- buyers have to use private systems for re- provement in the quality of his life. Some uted to illegal drugs in this country are may feel this example is not typical, but actually caused by the prohibition against nationally, cocaineusers have a higher aver- drugs. Mironcontendedthatthegovernment ageincomethannon-users.Inaddition, labo- could reduce all the current problems by ratory experiments show that people who simply re-legalizing drugs. use stimulants, including cocaine are more ProfessorMiron was carefulto state that productive at work than those who don't his lecture only dealt with the economic use stimulants. Now these example are not costs of thedrug warandnot thelarger moral necessarily common. Statistics dealing with questionof what government ought to allow illegaldrugsaredlt tocome by,asusers citizens to do with their private lives. How- are often reluctant to come forward. Clearly ever, the history of the war on drugs itself is though, the common media image of drug rather interesting. Most of the laws against use needs to be careyly reconsidered. certain drugs have racist origins and have The policy of prohibition costs the fed- nothingtodowiththereasonswhichareused eral government over ten billion dollars a today. Restrictions on opium coincide with year. The results of the prohibition costs the large scale immigration of Chinese to Cali- American illegal drug consumer billions fomiaandmat-ijuanalawswere passedafter more in inflated prices. The benefactors of large numbers of blacks moved from the these inflated drug prices are criminals.In rural south to the urban north. At the time fact, the re-legalizationof drugs would sim- these laws were passed, the rationale had ply destroy the incomes and employmentof nothing todo withcrimeorpublic safety,but many people involved in the drug trade. rather intolerance. This is a question that is They survive today only through the mis- open to further research and debate, but I guided federal policy of the federal govern- would be sorely disappointed if detrimental ment. If the drug market became competi- lawspassedlongagocontinuetobeenforced dress of gevances. In this situation, every- tive, the cost and potency of these drugs just because they are still there. one loses. Narcotic purchasers face uncer- would decrease substantially. Many drugs One of the first concerns people raise tainty of the quality of the product they today are highly concentrated to ease ship- when discussing drug legalization is the purchase and the drug seller faces an uncer- ping costs.Asaresult,unwantedsideeffects possibility of dangerous behavior of people tain prospect of receiving money in rem often result Erom drug use today. If respon- using drugs. TV shows often make mention for the drugs sold. Drug sellers and buyers sible individuals could enter the drug mar- of 'drug crazed' individuals comhiaing ftnd themselves in a position where they ket, we would see a wide variety of drug carry guns crimes under the influence of illegal drugs. must to insure an honest transac- Please see War, Page 22. Professor Miron looked at all murders com- tion. When violence does break out over a

THB PRIMARYSOURCE, SE~~ER 30,1992 21

__~_- ~ - Clintonomics, from Page 16. ACT UP, Continuedfrom Page 17. War, Continued from Page 21. planning of this kind is not necessary, as three ACT UP protesters, one of whom later products which provide more mild and con- businesses are more adept to determine their toldus that he is HIV positive. They said that trollableeffects.Under this systemeveryone training needs than a governmental the woman hurt in the confrontation was would be better off-users, non-using citi- bureaucracy. their friend. They seemed very upset and zens, and tax payers. When public policy is The worst regulation of the Clinton didn’t understand what had happened or discussed on almost every other issue, the program is mandated national health insur- why. We started to talk and ended up talking public weighs the costs and benefits. When ance. Like the proposed training program, for hours about AIDS funding, gay rights, the issue turns to drugs however, people employers would be obligated to either pay and being gay ingeneral. At the endof acalm arrive at a conclusion based on fear and for their employees’ health care or contrib- but emotional debate, two of the most anti- ignorance. Over the past frfty years the mass ute to a government run insurance program. gay men I had met at the convention walked media has distorted the true effects on drugs Such legislation is most damaging to small away, if not agreeing, at least understanding and encouraged an insane policy of the business; whereas corporate giants can af- the protesters a little bit more. One said, federal government. ford such burdens, a small corporation can- “They’re a lot nicer than they seemed today Professor Miron’s lecture revealed that not. As a result, small businesses, which [at the protest].” hmaneconomicstandpoint thewaragainst account for the majority of American jobs, The moral is that discussion and peace- drugsisanunnecessary andexpensivebattle would be forced to shut down. With in- ful communicationbreak through walls a lot that only perpetuates violence and crime. creased regulation monopolies are creatd, faster than insults and protests. In the future, Most of the problems associated with drugs inefficiency and higher prices for the con- if ACT UP or others feel the need to make can be blamed on their illegal status, andnot sumer ~IEthe inevitable result. their voices heard to the Republican party, any inherent flaw with drugs. Endjng the war Clinton’s anti-business stance directly they should learn from this incident and try on drugs would not beavictory for crime,but contradictshisstatement that “we mustkeep todoitinammintellectual,lessemotional avictoryforindividualrightsandrelieffmm thousands of small businesses.” In his pr~- way. This will promote understanding and an undeserved economic burden. posal to further regulate the health care change and will prevent the unfortunate industry the governor says “we have more violence of the convention from happening Mr. Taylor is a Junior majoring in Economics. He a visiting student from than 1,500 diffmnt companies who write again. is insurance policies in this county. We don’t Swarthnwre College. need them;”hardly aringingendorsement of Miss Hennessey is a Senior majoring in free enterprise competition. Clinton also . Mechanical Engineering. to regulate the amount credit card seeks Interview, fiom Page 18. companies can charge for interest rates, an went on to stress that the pope’s encyclical actionwhichwillonly succeedinpreventing was not an economic analysis, but an Father Hunt also discussed the Pope’s banks fmm issuing credit cards to everyone veiwpoint of capitalism from the view of the but the most credit worthy. encyclical on capitalism, “[because of] the Catholic Church. “It is a mistake to look for ThoughClintoncourtsthemiddleclass, aftermathofcommunism,thepopeaddressed economic analysis in the encylical.” the leaders of world economic powers by pope’s it would doubtlessly be the worst hit by his Father Hunt also talked about the economic “plan.” His minimal middle class applying the principles of Catholic social Church’s position on communism. “The tax would be more than counterbal- teaching to capitalism. Thepope was assert- Churchapproachedcommunismasthegreat- cuts ing that the market economy seemed to anced by the taxes he would raise or create to be est of all evils. Communism tried to recreate the most moral form of economic order the human being in economic terms and fundhismanyprograms.Manyofthissame because it seemed,on the evidence, to create middle class would lose theii jobs as aresult [tried] to eliminate all transcendence, all of increased regulation; and the quality of the greatest amount of servicesand goods for the human The the whole society.” Father Hunt went on to spirituality from person... their health care would decrease as well. Church saw Marxism as aptenemy of the Clinton’s proposed increased government explain that the reason for the meeting was human spiritan evil ideal.” intervention would be lethal for American over concern “that tthe wealth accumulated Father Hunt is a great asset to Tufts under capitalism is not so unequally small businesses, giving rise to inefficient University. As spiritual leader for one third monopolies. “Putting People First” slickly distributedfthatsomepeopleare totally poor of the student body impact is great.He is and others very rich. There must be an his plays off current popularpolitical brends, but eager to talk with students, and serves as an lacks any economic viability. Its implemen- amount of government involvement. For important voice for religious matters on example, anti-monopoly laws, regulations tation would serve only to turn OUT tempo- campus. rary recession into a complete depression. about health and food products, and wage laws.Theproperm1eofgovernmentisnotto Mi. Fountain is a Sophomore majoring in control the economy, but to interveneonly in Biology. Chris Weinkopf is a Sophomore majoring in Political Science. those areas where it is necessary to acheive the common good.” However, Father Hunt a

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