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...fact, they believed that the cost of not having a free flow of information in a democracy was too high to pay. "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be," wrote Thomas Jefferson...
...Frank Capra’s 1939 classic, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” a hapless governor upends his state’s political machine by appointing Jefferson Smith, the naive, all-American head of the Boy Rangers, to a vacancy in the United States Senate. Smith, played by Jimmy Stewart, wins the admiration of his colleagues when he successfully refutes false corruption charges against him through an impassioned filibuster...
...viewed as valuable and salable. The federal government plans to rebuild monuments in Washington at an estimated cost of $400 million. This money might be better spent on maintaining real estate bought as part of the stimulus package. A home may eventually be sold at a profit. The Jefferson Memorial will never be sold...
...Gibson's foes argue that when you're talking about some of the best schools in the country, regular statistical rules don't apply. In 2007, for instance, Fairfax County's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology produced 158 semifinalists in the prestigious National Merit scholarship competition - more than any other high school - and boasted the highest average SAT score in the country. Yet out of 432 seniors that year, according to McLaughlin, only 16 graduated with straight A's. "They happen to attend a school that has a large percentage of bright, high-performing students," she says...
...like a Pied Piper," said Michael Devine, a Port Jefferson, N.Y., lawyer who represents salespeople at the firm who "felt something wasn't right." The salespeople were selling friends and family on Agape's high-yield claims. "[Cosmo] actually sat down with investors and explained his investments to them. He was a very convincing salesman," said Devine. (Read "Beyond Madoff, Ponzi Schemes Proliferate...