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...Bill Clinton killed welfare reform as an act of conciliation to Republicans,” Baldwin said, noting his disappointment with public servants that cave to political pressures. “I believe in a government that will ultimately at least try to do the most amount of good for the greatest number of people...
...upbeat. The album’s second track, “Summertime,” epitomizes this bright and hopeful feeling, acknowledging the struggles of the present, but promising better things to come: “How do we make it through the day / How do we not cave in and bottom out / Well, you have to understand that soon enough / You’ll wake up from such a daze, thanks to all the petty ways / We’re all pushing through for summertime.” This feeling of guarded hopefulness permeates the album, ensuring that...
...deal could be cut to get the issue out of the news before November. And the most recent behavior of Republicans - their hopeful rhetoric about reform, their sudden openness to concessions on the consumer financial-protection agency they've been bashing for months - is consistent with a desire to cave rather than fight. (See the top 10 unfortunate political one-liners...
...self-contained insularity of American life has been commented on endlessly, with its gated communities, mirror-tinted SUVs and Xbox-equipped "man caves" requiring zero participation in public life. But these ever narrowing areas of interest, however great they may be - and things like all-Latin fried-chicken chain Pollo Campero or Bacon of the Month Club are really, really great - point out that we are no longer a single nation. And when you lose that, you lose the foods that go with it, like the old standards of roast beef and twice-baked potatoes and lobsters served with melted...
Despite the Blue Devils’ dominating first quarter, Harvard refused to cave in and simply hand over an easy victory. After freshman Peter Schwartz rifled one past Duke’s Dan Wigrizer for the first goal of his career, junior Dean Gibbons spun right around defenseman Jason Orlando and bounced a shot into the bottom left corner of the goal to bring the deficit...