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...Then prompt no more the follies you decry, / As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die; / ‘Tis yours this night to bid the reign commence / Of rescu’d Nature, and reviving Sense; / To chase the charms of Sound, the pomp of Show, / For useful Mirth, and salutary Woe / Bid scenic Virtue form the rising age, / And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage...
...having been relegated to the vice presidency by the rise of James Madison). Most important, Federalists opposed the War of 1812 against Britain, since a British naval blockade would ruin their commercial base, and Clinton was against it too. So the Federalists endorsed Clinton when he challenged Madison's bid for re-election...
...adding a new exit to attract businesses. Some officials get queasy about locking themselves into long leases; Colorado officials already regret offering a 99-year lease for the Northwest Parkway. Others are turned off by the hard sell from investment bankers who advise states on some deals and bid on others. "This should be the last option," says Texas state senator John Carona, "not the first...
...sense that he spent the ’60s watching the ball game.” Gore launched his political career in 1976 when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee. He was elected vice president in 1992 and again in 1996. His lost his bid for the presidency in 2000 to George W. Bush. While Gore’s fan base is large, some have been sharply critical of his work. Justice Barton, a British high court judge, recently ruled that “An Inconvenient Truth” cannot be shown in schools unless...
...planet, he's never done more than tease the idea. And yet all that time, the leaders of the Draft Gore movement have been clinging to a single fervid dream: that Gore would win the Nobel Peace Prize and use it to catapult himself to an eleventh-hour bid for the presidency...