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Perhaps even more stunning than the Republican landslide in the November elections is the GOP's claim to be the party of change. Long a reactionary bastion, the Republican party has been associated with balking at change in areas such as civil rights, the environment and social reform. Now, the new majority party is trumpeting the causes previously endorsed by liberals--change, progress, new ideals--and presenting the Contract With America as proof of its sincerity...
Harvard Square, once a bastion of alternativism, quaint shops and inexpensive restaurants, is now being gentrified...
...would be comical if Holtz didn't actually believe this, but I'm afraid he does. Pity, that. The perfect match, of course, for his struggling bunch of youngsters would be the Red Raiders from the soon-to-be-defunct (and thank goodness for that, bastion of academic integrity as it was) Southwest Conference...
...store may have once been a Square giant, but now it squeaks by on donations. That change also reflects a shift at Harvard, once a bastion, if not a hotbed, of Marxism...
This will be remembered as the year that Capitol Hill became a bastion of evil, and experienced politicians became as morally objectionable as mass murderers. When one considers that these were selling points for voters, one can't help but wonder at the progress we've made in government...