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...Then she wrote an op-ed piece in the Journal that declared, "Leading a revolution means more than borrowing a bottle of Grecian Formula." Huffington wants Gingrich to be the nominee, though she seems willing to consider Colin Powell. "I believe only Newt Gingrich can be the ideal standard-bearer for the Republican Party at this moment," she says...
...Faulkner] became a flag-bearer for all women," Vojdik said. "Unfortunately it didn't work out for her, and that's tragic. But already, about a hundred women have expressed an interest in attending the Citadel. She opened the door for others...
...make it appear that what worries him is a presidential run by Colin Powell, since the general is an avowed moderate who might threaten the Speaker's agenda. Of Powell's candidacy, Gingrich spokesman Tony Blankley says, "As long as the Speaker is reasonably assured that whoever the standard bearer is going to be is willing and able to carry the message of the revolution through the campaign, then he is very happy being Speaker...
...limiting. Few other actors of any color could sincerely say, as Washington does about fellow superstars Kevin Costner and Tom Cruise, "They haven't made any movies that I wanted to make. I haven't felt like I've missed anything." Yet he sees himself not as a standard-bearer but simply as an actor trying to make smart choices and do good work. "I don't do films based on what I think people need," he says. "And I don't consider myself a role model...
...would have hoped that Harvard would be above it all. Like it or not, as the nation's best-known university, Harvard occupies the position of intellectual standard-bearer for millions of people. For the university whose professors appear everywhere from "Nova" to "Ann Landers" to provide the same honors to a murderer as to her victim is not only an insult to the family and friends of Trang Ho, it is downright irresponsible. It perpetuates the message that anything is forgivable, so long as you yourself are a victim...