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...intend to do the things you elected me for, but I can't do them all by myself. For every positive change I propose -- in health, in education, the environment, whatever -- powerful interests will stand in our path, and the lobbyists will swarm around each Congressperson like flies. Therefore the only way we will move ahead is if you, my fellow citizens, will get involved and mobilize a mighty force for change. You will have to lobby and petition and otherwise raise a fuss in order to make up with your numbers what you lack now in power and wealth...
CAPTION: Do you intend to get a tan this summer...
...defends the Achmed Mohammed piece on the grounds that he didn't intend to attribute any qualities "to all Arabs...
...said in an interview, "but the understanding and interpretation are not necessarily sacred." Religious interpretations, he said, "are like chemistry and mathematics. They are debatable." Khomeini's heirs will increasingly have to reconcile the everyday requirements of national life with the exigencies of holy law. If they also intend to be taken seriously in the community of nations, they will have to stop using violence and terror in the pursuit of Iran's interests...
...better off deciding what portion of your money you really intend for the long term, and then investing it yourself in two or three no-load mutual funds, or even just an S&P index fund. You, too, will do about average each year, and save most of that...