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...Richter, a return to early-season form would mean playing like the best goalie in the country. For Harvard, it would result in something even greater—the right to be recognized as Boston’s greatest team. “It would be a huge momentum-builder,” MacDonald said. “At the start of every year, there are a few key accomplishments that we flag...I think that having the opportunity to play in the finals is great, but our goal wasn’t to play in the final game...
Even if McCain was by temperament a coalition-builder, unifying the G.O.P. would be less of a challenge in the fall than simply getting them out of the house. A dispirited Republican electorate might vote out of anger against Hillary, but they won't vote out of enthusiasm for McCain. And Obama voters will be nothing if not enthusiastic. For all the strengths he brings to a November election - and his independence from the G.O.P. base is one of them - in this strange convergence of events, it now seems like the triumph of a Hillary-aligned Democratic establishment...
...that so many republicans oppose Senator John McCain, because he's just what President George W. Bush promised to be but finally never was - a uniter, not a divider [Feb. 4]. At a time when the nation needs to come together under the unifying leadership of a moderate consensus builder, the neoconservative élites that have come to dominate the Republican Party want confrontation. The only way to save the Party is to drop the ideologues, who are more interested in waging a culture war than in uniting the nation to face an uncertain and potentially dangerous future. Greg Fish...
...that so many Republicans oppose Senator John McCain, because he's just what President George W. Bush promised to be but finally never was--a uniter, not a divider [Feb. 4]. At a time when the nation needs to come together under the unifying leadership of a moderate consensus builder, the neoconservative lites that have come to dominate the GOP want confrontation. The only way to save the Republican Party is to drop the ideologues, who are more interested in waging a culture war than in uniting the nation to face its uncertain and dangerous future...
...became a diplomat as well as a school builder. I became the New Zealand Ambassador to India - High Commissioner, as we call it - and I was also High Commissioner to Bangladesh and Ambassador to Nepal. We had four and a-half years in Delhi [1985-89] and we really enjoyed it. June and I on many occasions were invited along to quite important functions in which we would be the only foreigners, and we loved that. I like India, it's a really interesting place. I think it's doing very much better. When I first went to India...