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...studied up, I quizzed relatives, and I ventured into the city weekend after weekend in search of my hometown. It's been a long and arduous process--and a fun one. Exploring your own city like a tourist is a way to see it through fresh eyes and abandon the jadedness that creeps in after residing there for 20 years...
...There'll be some fallout when national Republicans make their decision whether to abandon the seat to Corzine or give Franks a fighting chance - which will cost them big, because Corzine is just getting warmed up. That means soft money, which means more fund-raising, influence-peddling and other democratic ickiness. If the GOP leaves Franks to his own devices and gets creamed, it's arguable that democracy is not served whenever the financial entry fee gets this high...
Next fall, when the council reconvenes, it is incumbent on council members to abandon personal grudges and cleanse themselves of residual bitterness over last February's impeachment debacle. Only then can the organization begin what will surely be a long and arduous rebuilding process...
...fact, a number who had launched careers felt constrained to abandon them when their children came along. Very few anticipated the women's movement and the revolutionary effect it would have on our lives...
What, exactly, was the role of aides to Bush in all this? The Governor's health-care adviser, Ron Lindsey, tells TIME he does not recall pressing Archer to abandon his initial tough-on-ephedrine proposal--although Lindsey allows that he strongly supported Archer's move to negotiate with ephedrine producers. Lindsey's 1998 calendar (a copy of which was obtained by TIME) shows that starting in May, he met with industry officials--including Ralph Oats, owner of Wellness International Network, who, along with his wife, contributed almost $90,000 to the G.O.P. and national candidates in the mid-1990s...