Word: core
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...handling of the issues. They interpret his hokey demeanor and polished presentation as a fundamental lack of character. And they are right that Romney has behaved poorly, and offered real reasons for voters to be suspicious of his convictions. But they are wrong to think he lacks a solid core...
Klein made Romney out to be more dishonest and empty at his core than his rivals. All the candidates try to be all things - or at least most things - to all audiences. While Klein made some excellent observations, he failed to back up his assertion that Romney's campaign is uniquely deceptive. With "A Tale of Two Romneys," we got the best and the worst of Klein. Bruce Rider, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS...
...more than five years as a prisoner of war. He was the reformer and the straight talker, the rare politician who - perhaps because of his experience as a POW - wasn't going to compromise his principles or hold his tongue to please his party. He was also, at his core, still the rowdy, runty, red-tempered plebe who finished near the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy despite an IQ of 133. McCain became a symbol in 2000 of courage and candor. Few took close looks at his policy positions. It was almost enough...
Harvard professor Maria Tatar, who teaches a Core Curriculum course on childhood, said the pick wasn’t as unusual as it seemed to some...
...evaluation because he does not use the guide himself.“I’m a math major, so I have to take some classes regardless of what people say,” he said. “And in math they change professors every year. For [Core Curriculum courses] and the rest, I ask my friends. I find that’s a little more reliable.”—Staff writer Benjamin M. Jaffe can be reached at bjaffe@fas.harvard.edu.—Staff writer Rachel A. Stark can be reached at rstark@fas.harvard.edu...