Word: harbors
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...endorsements from so broad a base of advocates (the American Jewish Committee, the Council on Islamic Education, the National Association of Evangelicals and the liberal watchdog group People for the American Way, to name a few) that even the most nervous school board could find what he calls "safe harbor" for a course teaching about the Bible...
Amen. But as I know from my days in 2001 as the first director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, many well-meaning people harbor legitimate concerns about government's partnering with religious groups, even if solely to expand good works. That may be because the civic significance of what faith-based organizations do is little noticed or just taken for granted...
...While most former mayors might harbor a hope of seeing their names on a city park or freeway bridge, Giuliani has stamped his on a consulting firm, an investment bank, a best-selling book and a venerable Texas law firm. Through his speeches and business deals, he has expanded his political network and piled up chits for future favors - all while making himself rich. Who needs the Senate...
...holding joint events. They are drawing not just politicians but professionals and even some civic-minded businesspeople. These are smart folk who know what buttons to press and levers to pull. Already, by going to court, they have stopped the government from reclaiming even more land from what little harbor we have left. Now they are fighting for a host of causes, from fewer skyscrapers and roads to a minimum wage for low-skilled workers to patients' rights to better education for underprivileged children. With the rich getting richer, these ngos are needed more than ever to speak...
...Kinsley? He followed the politicians' favorite ploy of having one's cake and eating it too. In the first years of World War II, the U.S. was loath to engage the Nazis in a foreign war. It wasn't until that era's "9/11 moment"-the attack on Pearl Harbor-that the U.S. woke up and realized there was a terrible war of civilizations going on. But, boy, when you did wake up, you didn't go to sleep again. In Britain we were being slaughtered, and we were mighty thankful to see the Yanks occupying our countryside...