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...would be more seemly, to be sure, for the fallen voter to be a little less ardent in ripping apart candidates for their common human frailties. Nonetheless, better to project aspirations for high conduct on our betters than to have no aspirations to project...
...from similar backgrounds. But in English-taught subjects, the immersion children scored 8 percentile points higher on a standard achievement test. The advantages show up in subtler ways as well. "The kids are more flexible in their analysis and their critical thinking," says Great Falls principal Gina Ross, an ardent advocate of the program. "They are more open-minded...
SUDDENLY THE WHITE HOUSE IS PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENtion to this fellow PEROT, thanks in part to the alarms sounded by the President's son George W. Bush. George W., who lives in Dallas and knows a number of ardent Perot supporters, has been worried that the Bush-Quayle campaign has been underestimating the dangers posed by a Perot candidacy. The President needs 270 electoral votes to win. In 1988, though, Bush won 120 of his 426 electoral votes by margins of less than 5% of the total ballots cast. According to George W.'s calculations, the Democratic candidate...
Bush has shown yet again that he has no backbone or true conviction. In recent months he has been an ardent pro-lifer, responding in part to the harsh attacks mounted by his ultra-conservative challenger, Patrick Buchanan. He has supported the movement that is gaining steam throughout the country to reverse Roe v. Wade...
Decades later, he reflected, "I have no doubt at all that my later achievement as coach of the winning Harvard Varsity, after many years of defeat, was the controlling factor in getting me favorable consideration on the part of President Roosevelt, an ardent Harvard and football enthusiast, for the high appointment he gave me to the Philippines...