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...axiom of fund raising that there's a finite universe of donors who will ante up $1,000 for a presidential contender, but BILL BRADLEY seems to be breaking the mold. His supporters include heavy hitters in the business world who have never been involved in politics, and even some Republicans. Goldman Sachs president JOHN THORNTON hasn't raised money for a candidate before, doesn't even give to the company's political-action committee; but since meeting Bradley nine months ago, he has been asking for and getting checks from friends--including Goldman chairman HENRY PAULSON, a Republican...
...axiom of fund-raising that there's a finite universe of donors who will ante up $1,000 for a presidential contender, but Bill Bradley seems to be breaking the mold. His supporters include heavy hitters in the business world who have never been involved in politics, and even some Republicans. Goldman Sachs president John Thornton hasn't raised money for a candidate before, doesn't even give to the company's political-action committee; but since meeting Bradley nine months ago, he has been asking for and getting checks from friends--including Goldman chairman Henry Paulson, a Republican...
...axiom of statehood that war is what dictates borders; winners get the right to draw new lines. After World War I, as the Great Powers meted out geographical punishments and rewards, Woodrow Wilson advocated two principles that have governed statemaking ever since: the right to self-determination and the right to inviolable national borders. Unfortunately, they are often in conflict...
...always remember the regent's axiom: A leader,' he said, is like a sheperd. He stays behind the flock letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind...
Morgan writes quite a bit about freedom in his opinion piece. An oft-repeated axiom notes that with freedom comes responsibility. A responsible look at the labor dispute would yield a more complicated situation than Morgan's one-sided view. --Carole W. Tomko, Senior Vice President for Human Resources, Cardinal Health, Inc., Peabody, Mass...