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...change election," McCain said in New Orleans, the second time in two months that he's chosen that Katrina-ravaged city to make a point of distinguishing himself from George W. Bush. "But the choice is between the right change and the wrong change; between going forward and going backward...
...College needs to look both forward and backward, said 1980s Kirkland House Master Donald A. Pfister, adding that the housing needs of students are constantly changing. Different eras generate different student needs, and such changes necessitate an overarching view of current housing renovations...
...says that, as China's civil society develops, leaders know they must adapt. "It will be extremely tempting for the control types and ideologues to use [the earthquake] to glorify the party and to direct this new openness toward reporting only good news. But that will be one step backward out of two steps forward, no more...
...while someday we may end up with a single-payer system, it's clear that we're not going to do it all at once, so I think both candidates' health-care plans are a big step forward. Certainly compared to Senator [John] McCain, who represents a big step backward...
...China's civil society develops, leaders know they must adapt. "It will be extremely tempting for the control types and ideologues to use the earthquake to glorify the party and to direct this new openness toward reporting only good news," he says. "But that will be one step backward out of two steps forward--no more...