Word: birthright
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...saintly objectivity that would allow them to view the world with a lack of political bias bordering on indifference. Only slightly more are able to feign that attitude in the name of academic debate. The question, then, is not whether professors should have the political biases that are their birthright, but whether universities like Harvard should put restrictions on political speech in the classroom...
Charlap, 38, can claim this music as a birthright. His father, who died when he was 7, was Broadway composer Moose Charlap (Peter Pan, Kelly) and his mother is singer Sandy Stewart, who toured with Benny Goodman and co-starred on Perry Como's 1960s TV show. In his parents' Manhattan apartment, young Bill mingled with composers like Charles Strouse, who wrote the musical Bye Bye Birdie, and lyricists like Alan and Marilyn Bergman (The Way We Were) and the one he called "Uncle Yip," E.Y. Harburg (Somewhere Over the Rainbow, April in Paris...
...Coors, 57, won't get the Senate job by birthright. The rarefied world in which he moves--he does his elk hunting in Russia, not the Rockies--won't endear him to Colorado's rural, blue-collar constituency. And though he is a conservative Christian, beer ads that feature him with the barely clad Coors Light Twins could cost him credibility on the family-values front. Also, his bid sets up a costly, divisive Republican primary race against former Congressman Bob Schaffer. Still, state G.O.P. chairman Ted Haley isn't fretting. "It can only help us build momentum," he says...
...country whose dream belongs to anyone willing to work for it. That is the dream I want to make sure we give all of our children. And that is why I’m running for president—to fight for an America where opportunity is the birthright of every child...
Jewish students returning from Birthright trips have been effective in galvanizing support for Israel at colleges, Sharansky said. He called Birthright alumni “the first line of defense” for Israel...