Word: explainer
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President Clinton did so when he said "Am I proud that I got a chance to appoint the first woman Secretary of State?--You bet I am." But, as soon as he acknowledges that her womanhood is a part of her, he must explain that his decision is not an affirmative action project designed to attract more women voters. "But that is not why I appointed her," he added. No, it is not why she has become Secretary of State. She was chosen because, as Clinton explained, she "has the instincts, the intelligence, the skill and the strength to lead...
Thus far you probably feel that this article has nothing to do with you, and that institutional demagoguery is a problem of the past, but let me explain. I was recently informed that Harvard's disciplinary body has no student representation. Here at Middlebury, as at most colleges, we have students involved in the disciplinary process. Come to think of it, even my high school had student representation! The sad irony is that the news of Harvard's archaic rules did not surprise me. Harvard's stuffy, pretentious image is not completely unfounded. For years, I have heard horror stories...
...Grinch, Scrooge or other secular symbol of Christmas-bashing and suggest it's time to take the trees down. If we are serious about sharing religion and learning from each other, I am ready to light the pink candle of an Advent wreath next Sunday and explain the religious significance and celebrations of the Christmas season...
...made it through adolescence without disaster and have entered a period when the perils of parenting have given way to the joys of it. And I've yet to tell her what I really did during the '70s. My own mother was fond of sighing deeply and saying, to explain anything I didn't like, "You'll understand when you have a child of your own." On the day she first heard me say to Courtney, "Because I'm your mother, that's why," she was as happy as a mother can be. Then, because we had waited, we became...
President Clinton, who retained Kessler, last week praised his "tireless commitment to better the lives of our citizens." Whoever is named to succeed Kessler will have a hard time matching his credentials: Harvard M.D., law degree from the University of Chicago, a practicing pediatrician. The last may explain his preventive philosophy at the FDA: "When you win in pediatrics, you win big. You win 72 years...