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When the President does decide to take a swing, he swings hard. By delivering his reform package with a presidential seal and a prime-time flourish, Bush hopes to propel it through Congress quickly. Last Tuesday morning he met with his aides in the Oval Office to discuss his speech to the nation. Card told him that "here in Washington, this is going to be a huge story." Bush relished the thought of rattling the cages of Washington's institutional bureaucracies; he told the aides that as long as he was announcing something, he wanted it to be dramatic. Said...
...banding together, congregations are trying to leverage the same consumer power they wielded in fighting for jobs and rights in the 1960s--but this time to gain better access to financial services and end what Jackson refers to, with typical flourish, as "economic apartheid." No boycotts are being threatened this time around. Instead, Jackson is uniting an underserved market with customer-hungry companies. New York Stock Exchange (N.Y.S.E.) chairman Dick Grasso agrees: "It's an absolutely perfect alignment...
...Ranger, not the community-minded cop. This game will not subside soon. But what is America's long-term interest? Is it wise to slap punitive tariffs on steel and almost double the subsidies for American farmers? The U.S. is also No. 1 in trade; it could not possibly flourish if barriers go up in retaliation, especially in agriculture where the U.S. is one of the most efficient producers. Nor is "don't call us, we'll call you" the essence of intelligent statecraft. How do you combat global terrorism or inflict embargoes on Iraq unless all the major players...
Muirhead told FM that, outside of class, he dresses “badly; in jeans and t-shirts with the occasional flannel flourish...
...Bostonians never give up and flourish in futility. Every year, Fenway Park is sold out. Since Bill Parcells took over the team in 1993, the Patriots have been supported by droves of fans, win or lose. The Bruins and the Celtics boast die-hard supporters who remember the golden ages and annually pray for a return to greatness...