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Bush's speech was designed for the population at large, to explain to a people thirsty for the quick fix of vengeance the virtues of patience. But of necessity, the translation of goals into practice depends not so much on the mobilization of millions as on the detailed staff work of a few score. Bush's world begins with his closest advisers, extends to Cabinet officers and military commanders and then reaches his friends and allies in other countries. All must be engaged, all must do their part, if Bush...
Houston may not be the only one at Harvard on a mission to convert homosexuals. Although he is the most vocal about his goal to “fix the gays,” as his coworkers put it, some on campus believe that there are other Harvard groups who hope to accomplish the same objective in a less transparent...
...Houston says about his relationship with Smith. “I’m just waiting for him to open up, and until he does, all we can do is talk. On Easter he got an email from his dad saying, ‘I want to fix you.’ I helped him to work through that...
...forget - quick-fix airline bailouts and tax cuts are one thing, but the economic trends in the wings (if Sept. 11 turns out to be a one-time attack) aren?t the stuff that booms are made of. The defense, security, and intelligence industries add little to the productivity of the economy - the multipliers just aren?t there when you build something just to drop it on Afghanistan or keep steak knives out of carry-on luggage. They?ll be valuable inasmuch as they make people feel safer, get them traveling and spending again, but they?re investments with very...
...side has made its mistakes. Gore's people should have insisted on a full recount, not cherry-picked counties and a no-dimpled-chad standard. They should have conceded that there is not a remedy for every flaw - the butterfly ballots creating Jews for Buchanan, Republicans being allowed to fix Republican absentee-ballot applications...