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...York. He knew that modern society required honesty, transparency and accountability. His commitment to reform was so great that the New York Republican bosses promoted him for the Vice Presidency simply to get him out of Albany. Little did they know what a reformer they were about to foist on the nation...
...that the leggings were a success. They taught me how to get past my prejudices and embrace my inner Mischa Barton. They also delivered me to a world of new men that I have absolutely no interest in and generally despise. For this, I thank them, and will foist them onto others. But I can never truly habituate them comfortably. THREE TIGHT TIPS FOR LEGGINGS LOVERS: 1) Pair leggings with something rather long. Unless you are J.Lo, no one needs to see that much of you. 2) Do not wear a black thong with them. 3) Do not listen...
...desperately needed. The fate of 372,000 displaced children is at least as important to the nation as the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast, and unlike the payment of rebuilding costs, education isn't a choice--it's a government guarantee. Yet for days it appeared the feds might foist much of the obligation on state school systems, 47 of which are hosting Katrina students. Most evaluated the problem and decided to teach first and ask questions later. "If that 6-year-old kid coming off that transport plane was yours, how would you want him taken care of?" Arkansas...
...with dangerous diseases and unwanted children. His stance against abortion seemed to offend human rights. I viewed his refusal to consider female priests as sexism, thinly veiled by Scripture and Church traditions. I thought his refusal to welcome homosexuals into the sacrament of marriage was an ignorant attempt to foist morality of centuries long past on a world that had discovered new and better terms of equality and justice...
...coded messages and maps might be used to facilitate crimes, the Administration's "police state policy on encryption" was at odds with the Bill of Rights - an argument that foes of the Patriot Act might be surprised to hear from him now. President Clinton, he said, "is attempting to foist his rigid policy on the exceptionally fluid and fast-paced computer industry...