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Supply-siders excluded, many economists applaud the Tsongas message, though some fear he is kindling economic nationalism. A number of union leaders consider Tsongas a turncoat, even though his voting record over the years has been prolabor. Democratic elders are warily assessing public reaction. Potential presidential candidates, such as Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, are already sniping at Tsongas. Instead of more tax breaks for greedy businessmen, they complain, why not more of them for the middle class? Tsongas labels such criticism myopic. Only business can bake a bigger...
...turns out, the public is more realistic about the limits of power. Far from being a victim of his own success, the President seems to float high above the domestic problems, insulated even from disapproval of his own policies. The TIME/CNN survey found that only 39% of the public applaud Bush's handling of the economy, while 71% feel he spends too little time on domestic affairs. Yet his overall approval rating flutters around 72%. "People are perfectly capable of believing in a national ascendancy and not linking it to our inability to solve our social problems," says Kamieniecki. "That...
Environmentalists applaud these new programs but complain that they are not broad enough. Most U.S. utilities have not yet seen the light, and manufacturers and motorists still do not have enough incentives to conserve fuel. What is needed, says Gus Speth, president of the World Resources Institute, is an initiative like the one adopted by the European Community, which calls for member countries to stabilize their CO2 emissions at 1990 levels. So far, the Bush Administration has refused to commit itself to any such goal. In fact, in the energy plan put forward by the White House in February, conservation...
...have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to be called "assistants," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your blue book, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of seeing St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or a phrase or reading about the "Xian myth...
Mullin had written a work of non-fiction, entitled The Stones applaud, describing her own struggle with cystic fibrosis. While the book has not yet been published, her father said he plans to make sure that it eventually goes into print...