Word: egalitarians
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Ultimately, what Gonzales has going for him is that Bush has looked him in the eye for years and liked what he has seen. He also seems to like what his support for Gonzales seems to say about himself: that the aristocratic President is an egalitarian guy capable of rewarding up-by-the-bootstraps achievement. All this may be important enough to Bush that he's willing to take some political heat for his loyal pal, whose life story he cited in his second inaugural address as Governor of Texas. "I think of my friend Al Gonzales, recently sworn...
...former colonies of other empires like France, Spain and Portugal. In fact, in almost every case where a former colony of at least a million people has emerged from the colonial era as a democracy, it was a British colony. Other colonial powers did not impart the same strong egalitarian institutions...
...Solomon points out, Wechsler’s experiences are both idiosyncratic and generational. Like many radical youths of the post-Depression era, Wechsler was drawn to the egalitarian ideals of socialism and communism. His book provides a glimpse into the little-known generation “nestled between the highly visible Depression and World War II radical generations and the new left boomers of the sixties...
...drinking age is 18. Nothing Harvard students ever say or do will be able to compensate for this advantage. The ultimate social lubricant is no longer confined to the cool kids with fake ID’s. At Cambridge, everyone gets pissed in a fairly egalitarian fashion. And the university provides the booze. Three nights a week, students can sign up for “formal hall,” which is a three-course dinner in the college dining hall where the university provides every student with their own bottle of wine. You get to wear the cool gowns...
...more egalitarian but still trendy guide is the sleek new Moon Metro series, which explores cities?so far, New York, Paris, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, London and Amsterdam?by neighborhood, with highly individualized but not snarky descriptions written by local correspondents. The guides send travelers to traditional tourist spots as well as chic shops and clubs. The chapters include detailed foldout maps that are discreet enough that you can open them on the street without looking lost...