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Gore's aides are fond of saying that if he can just win, he will make a much better President than he makes a candidate. And he is a more multidimensional man than his public caricature suggests. His challenge isn't merely a charisma deficit or a tin ear or a knack for seeming phony even when he's being himself. It's that he must try to dispel at least five familiar myths about himself. Each is based on nuggets of truth, but Gore believes each fails to convey the essence of who he is. Is it possible that...
...satisfied voter might well be a Gore voter. So might be an apathetic one. But not if they're too satisfied or apathetic to bother voting at all. Gore is fond of saying that the presidency isn't a popularity contest. Except that it is one, by definition, and not just over numbers, but over excitement levels. And when it comes to putting new faces in the voting booths, Al Gore is no John McCain, and neither is George W. Bush. The parties' respective bases will still have to do the heavy lifting...
...guess I knew the governor better than Laura just because I was working on the education team for more than a year now, but in the last couple of days I have gotten to know Laura Bush and I am extraordinarily fond of her and think she is a really well-centered person and a pleasure to be around...
...finance the purchases may quite simply be untenable - indeed, the U.S. Export-Import bank, which is financing the program, has had to go into negotiations with the IMF because a number of the would-be recipient countries are already at their debt ceiling. The Clinton White House is fond of win-win scenarios, in which there's a happy confluence between corporations making a profit and doing the right thing. But the brutal reality is there's no good-for-business solution to the AIDS crisis in Africa. Some 10 million Africans will die of AIDS in the next five...
...student body and for every outspoken leader, there is a behind-the-scenes coordinator. With time, students gravitate toward activities and friends that reflect themselves. It may take some searching but everyone eventually finds his or her niche. One of my roommates, for example, sings but is not too fond of the limelight. She still wanted to pursue her music and auditioned for the more anonymous Radcliffe Choral Society rather than the intimate a cappella groups. For many students, it takes a long time--multiple semesters--to find that activity or that group of friends with which they feel fully...