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...column, just a couple weeks after Bush took office, I wrote that it would take time before we would come to know Bush’s team as we knew Clintons. Now, four smirk-filled months later, we are comfortable enough with the whole clan to mention them in casual conversation, recognize them on television and even refer to our Defense Secretary (a grown man, no less) as “Rummy.” After four months, what have we learned...
...Grafton told the CLC that the new restaurant would be named the Archway Tavern, but Lee said that was a temporary name for the duration of the hearings. The company has not decided what to name the new restaurant, which Lee said would serve a "casual menu" and put tables on an outdoor patio. Lee said that Grafton planned extensive renovations that he hoped would begin in mid-June...
...months, it came to me that we were living in a different America. The country seemed to be on the verge of a national nervous breakdown. And nobody was writing about it. Not then. But I saw it taking place in random acts of violence and the almost casual breaking down of recognized patterns of authority--political, religious, educational...
...reduction of casual employees was cited by workers as crucial to their job security during negotiations...
...clear to all of us that the student had suffered a great deal for her mistake, and was incredibly distraught over the possibility that it would be publicized. Friends and colleagues pointed out that an article would likely be seen by her teaching fellows, professors and casual acquaintances, and while it was unclear what their reaction to it might be, running the article would very likely cause her significant harm...