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...meaning critics may propose that there is no grammatical problem and the new verse’s object is in fact “throng” rather than “jubilee.” If this is true, these critics only have succeeded in crafting a grammatically correct, but awkward sentence as they change “throng” from a verb to a noun. I am not exactly sure what a “jubilee throng” is, jubilee being the adjective apparently, but I am sure they can convolute some meaning into the phrase...
...conservative and meticulous decisions to stay true to the original intentions of Michelangelo’s ceilinged masterpieces. The 1994 revision of Fair Harvard, however, completely departed from Gilman’s original meaning. It seemed that the fair alums of Harvard were so anxious to adopt a politically correct alternative to the first verse that they overlooked the artistic integrity of the piece as a whole...
Though widely lauded for her devotion to higher education and public service, the Washington Post has billed Shalala as “one of the most controversial Clinton Cabinet nominees—one who had been branded by critics as being too liberal and politically correct...
...hats because there was no heat and said to her children, "Don't tell the people at school or they'll take you away." I saw it in the great man I met in Virginia who went 50 years without speaking because he had no health insurance to correct a simple problem. He was so grateful and humble when someone fixed it for free and he could tell his story...
...failed to solve—or in some cases, even neglected to try to solve—the problems that we are facing; and scandal after scandal has tarnished the reputation of elected office. Turning our backs on government, however, and neglecting the issues yet again is not the correct response. The negligence and failures of older generations should not lead us away from careers in government, but should only bolster our commitment to the causes we believe in. It is precisely during these trying times, these times of disenchantment, that public service becomes so crucial...