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Under the influence of supply-side guru Jude Wanniski, Forbes argues on the stump that, as was the case between World War II and the late 1960s, "we must tie the value of the dollar to a fixed measure, such as gold, so that a dollar today will be worth a dollar tomorrow." He also argues that using the gold standard to fix the dollar's value vis-a-vis other currencies would boost world trade...
...further exasperate the situation, this breed of Yak went extinct 10 years ago during the tragic Tibetan Yak Massacre of '85. Harvard is forced to clandestinely send trusted administrators in Yak disguise to serve as bearers for the elusive bubble-sheet guru...
...entire world who is qualified to feed the bubble sheets into the reader machine. And he lives on a mountain-top in Tibet. When study cards are handed in late, he must be recalled, a proposition made all the more expensive by the fact that this bubble-sheet guru refuses to travel by any means except on the back of the long-haired mountain...
...potential problem is in-fighting at the White House. Ickes and Morris, the twin planets of the Clinton re-election team, barely tolerate each other. They are the poster boys of the opposing White House camps: liberals vs. moderate New Democrats. Morris has solidified his role as Clinton's guru of choice. One night a week, usually Wednesday, he leads a campaign meeting at the residence that includes the President, Vice President, Sosnik, Bob Squier (the campaign media adviser brought in by Morris and Gore), Stephanopoulos and other senior aides. Ickes apparently bridles at Morris' highbrow musing about the Hegelian...
This prudence is well founded. During the interminable budget brouhaha, Republicans in Congress and on the campaign trail have often come across as soulless CPAS at an actuarial seminar, talking of CBO figures versus OMB numbers, more concerned with monetary matters than morality. "The budget battle," says conservative guru Bill Kristol, "played into the two great Republican vulnerabilities: that we are the party of the rich and the meanspirited." While Republicans donned their green eyeshades, the Great Empathizer in the White House cornered the compassion market. The President's constant refrain that "we should balance the budget...