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...Republicans think the alliance is a good idea. Some are worried that in its zeal to pass the contract, the leadership might be snuggling too close to the special interests that the all-important swing voters abhor. If the contract's tax cuts overtly favor corporations and the wealthy, says G.O.P. Representative Steve Schiff of New Mexico, "it will make us a sitting duck for those who argue that our party has capitulated to our [lobbying] allies." Democrats are already making the argument. "The Republicans are too close to business interests," charges Charles Schumer of New York. "That is their...
Must those of us who abhor abortion, then, reconcile ourselves to seeing it spread unchecked? By no means. We can refuse to practice it ourselves-or, if we are male, beseech the women who carry our children to let them be born, and promise to support them, and mean it and do it. We can counsel and preach to others; those of us who are religious can pray. And we need not despair. Though some of our opponents may urge ABORTION ON DEMAND AND WITHOUT APOLOGY (an actual sign held up at one rally), by far the greater number...
...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.'s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up, we decide C. (Harvard being Harvard, one does not give D's Consider C. a failure). Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material or hasn't, though creatively, or any of the folly. They simply make tedious reading "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights. "Now I ask you, I have...
...Clinton adopts the tack Rivlin and Shapiro favor, a stance that seeks to get ahead of the coming congressional rush to cut spending in ways he will probably abhor, the President can define the agenda and demonstrate leadership. If instead he merely follows Congress's lead -- or vetoes his way through the next two years -- he could find himself back in Little Rock...
...fact, representatives of neofascist or far-right parties currently holding as many as 20 seats have scored their most surprising successes in elections for the European Parliament -- even though they abhor the concept of a European Union...