Word: gov
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Massachusetts is one of the most progressive states in the nation on gay rights, thanks to gay leaders like Rep. Barney E. Frank '61-62 and straight ones like former Gov. William F. Weld '66. One of the most encouraging trends here is the growth of gay-straight alliances in high schools. In dozens of schools throughout the state, students of all sexual orientations are working together to lobby their schools and educate their peers. These alliances are the wave of the future...
...Dartboard wonder whether the White House internships, those coveted slave-labor assignments of so many gov jocks, will ever earn back their former prestige. For now, Harvard students who put their White House jobs on top of their resumes will pause as they carefully define their "experience." Meanwhile, their parents, once thrilled to brag about their offspring's political stardom, will now tell people that their children worked "in Washington, in, uh...well--oh, I don't remember, maybe in the Senate or something...
...Besides Gov. George W. Bush Jr. of Texas, Simpson sees Colin Powell as a possible Republican candidate for president...
While individual professors often cancel classes during storms, the University has only closed once in 60 years due to weather, after a blizzard in February of 1978. That shutdown occurred only after then-gov. Michael S. Dukakis ordered the emergency closure of all schools...
...among others, television evangelist, supporter of the death penalty and Ralph Reed mentor Pat Robertson has come out as one of Tucker's ardent supporters, requesting that Republican Gov. George Bush, Jr., commute her death sentence, something the 18-member Board of Pardons and Paroles, Verhovek notes, has not recommended in more than 10 years...