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Though only 31, Brown has stature among devoted conservatives that almost matches his physical heft (6 ft. 6 in. and 240 lbs.). A onetime officer of Young Americans for Freedom, Brown in 1988 served as field director for Bob Dole in the Midwestern states, where the Kansas Senator beat Bush. That won him good marks as an organizer, particularly among younger right-wing populists who still view Bush as too moderate...
...enunciate programmatic solutions), last Wednesday sought to keep the flap alive by suggesting a Sister Souljah summit at which Jackson, Clinton and Souljah would "reconcile the situation" for "the sake of the country." Someone "has to sit them down," said the slam-dunking Cuomo, who quickly feigned lack of heft for the mediator's job. "I don't have the stature or the role," said Cuomo, who governs a state with the largest number of people outside Israel who understand the word chutzpah. "I'm just one of 50 Governors. I'm one of many, many Democrats...
...negativism," Eugene McCarthy agreed with Agnew's critique but disagreed with his right to say it. Authentic advocacy requires standing, McCarthy argued, especially in politics, where any fool can speak and every fool does. If record and reputation defy one's rhetoric, even the right talk fails the heft test. The same standard applies to the current Vice President. It is not that Dan Quayle's family-values sermon missed the mark; much of what he said was right. It is that Quayle represents an Administration that has only rarely supported the programs that actually promote strong families -- everything from...
Guns have a sort of irresistible black magic about them. A good gun has such lovely heft, a densely sinister weight in the hand. The brain is wired to the trigger finger and fires on impulse. The finger twitches, and -- blam! -- the life across a distance -- poof! -- disintegrates: an existence powdered. The finger did it on a whim. The desacralization of life, a society of emotional disconnection: killing is a kind of dream-sequence video. Conscience is disconnected from trigger finger. Child is disconnected from future. Bullet is ; disconnected from gun muzzle and, once fired, can never be recalled...
Some female officers have qualms as well about highlighting gender-based differences in police work, especially women who have struggled for years to achieve equity in mostly male departments. The women fear that emphasizing their "people skills" will reinforce the charge that they don't have the heft or toughness to handle a crisis on the street. But while women generally lack upper-body strength, studies consistently show that in situations in which force is needed, they perform as effectively as their male counterparts by using alternatives, such as karate, twist locks or a baton instead of their fists...