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...movement. Buchanan, by most definitions, represents what political observers call paleoconservatism, a movement otherwise in remission for four decades. Protectionism and isolationism were the hallmarks of this Old Right--tenets that are rejected by most Americans today. This is the movement for which Pat Buchanan is today's standard bearer...
...Clinton can not be dismissed as a mere creation of journalistic fashion. Many Democrats did not need the media to tell them that their standard-bearer should be someone who cannot be attacked as a McGovernite liberal. Reporters on the early campaign trail have been struck by the number of party activists who volunteer that this time around they are looking for "electability" far more than liberal purity in a nominee. Clinton got himself cast in that role largely because he could present solid credentials: as a canny politician who has run in 18 elections (counting primaries and runoffs...
...startling to America's feminist groups. Two weeks ago, backed by angry calls and letters from women across the country, they demonstrated their clout by pressuring the Senate into investigating Anita Hill's story. When Hill walked into the Senate Caucus Room, women across America saw her as the bearer of an old secret about the ugly politics of accommodation between men and women on the job. But by the time Hill walked out of the hearings, a majority of women had decided she did not speak for them. On the eve of the vote, polls showed that...
...night began with the entrance of a pink-clad ballerina scattering confetti. Various Ig Nobel dignitaries followed, holding placards proclaiming, "Save the Rat," "Recovering Mathematician," and "The 2nd Point of Light." The dignitaries paid homage to the King and Queen of Swedish Meatballs, and watched the Sacred Torch Bearer enter and disappear...
...society, Willie said, "the bearer of bad news tends to be honored, while the bearer of good news tends to be ignored...