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Arguments for quick issuance: they would get the Clinton presidency off to a fast start and please supporters whom Clinton will need for the bruising battles ahead on broader policy. Arguments against: a blizzard of such orders would convey an impression that Clinton is more intent on playing to special interests than on addressing the larger concerns of the people, and it would raise doubt about whether he really is a "new kind of Democrat." Some, notably the order on gays in the military, could ignite loud fights that would use up political capital the President should conserve for bigger...
Once the participants entered the Union's Parlor B, no talking was allowed. Students rotated around seven stations, where they had to deposit a paycheck, report a crime, make travel arrangements and convey other complex information--all by means other than speech...
...there is one message which all recovered bulimics and anorexics seem to want to convey, it is the need to end the reign of silence and denial...
Harvard must convey a sense of unified urgency to make the campaign work. There must be a sense that the University improves or declines as a whole. The alternative could mean seriously scaling back programs in the poorer faculties--a move that will eventually hurt Harvard's overall reputation and prestige...
...historical cycles are not inevitable. They depend on the strengths and frailties of those who become repositories of the hope for change. In a democracy, successful reformers must have, above all, the backbone to convey brutal facts unflinchingly. Especially now: America's current plight has been aggravated by a willful refusal to inhale unpleasant truths about the deficit, about racial divisions, about defense cuts and conversion of military facilities, about schools and about the workplace...