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...family, won a close congressional race in 1974 and four years later was elected to the Senate. He still keeps a sign on the desk in his Senate office that declares "Montana Comes First," and Baucus' concern for holding on to his seat in the traditionally Republican state helps explain why he has so often broken from his party...
...time is the right thing to do. I think we should all keep doing that. And that's why being a scientist is the best job in the world. There's a lot of misinformation out there, like the CD thing, and it's nice to be able to explain the truth to people. With a little effort, you can learn something that lets you see the world in a completely different light...
...Never apologize and never explain - it's a sign of weakness." - John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles in She Wore A Yellow Ribbon...
...wither among Republicans. Kagan garnered just eight Republican votes in support of her nomination. In a letter to Kagan after her confirmation hearing, Specter asked the Harvard Dean to elaborate on her responses to written questions. But Kagan declined, arguing that the Solicitor General would be unwise to explain personal opinions before assuming an office charged with representing the United States government. Professor Charles Fried, a prominent conservative at Harvard Law School and former Solicitor General under President Reagan, dismissed the criticism by some Republican Senators as political posturing that followed a long line of right-wing opposition...
...cross-country—and focused on the prospect of recruitment. Despite their childhood fixation with local aquatic powerhouse Michigan, the allure of Cambridge changed the brothers’ thinking.“I feel like swimming is a good balance with academics here,” Bill explains. “I don’t know if I’d find quite the same balance at any other school. When I’m on [the residential] side of the river, I’ve got schoolwork or whatever, but when I go on [the athletic] side...