Word: jeffersonism
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...temptation to know what might have been. Or to produce an Einstein, a Dr. King, for every generation. Or to raise a Jefferson in a clearing, a cross between Jurassic Park and Williamsburg, an artificial environment re-creating 18th century Virginia. Create, nurture and wait. Then bring him out one day, fully grown, to answer the question of the ages: What would Jefferson do today...
...orchestra, coupled with the often ribald and vaudvillean tone of Jacques Offenbach's opera, provided a high caliber and rollicking fun performance. Music Director Brent Ranalli and Stage Director Adriana Abdenur, are to be commended for a first-rate production, which would make past Dunster Opera legends, such as Jefferson Packer, Brian Saccente, and Kate DeLima oh-so-proud...
...says. "I wear makeup." She brought from her U.N. office her pictures and awards, her Harlem Globetrotters jersey and signed basketball. She took down the formal portraits of Dean Acheson and Cyrus Vance, symbols of the soft-spoken diplomacy Christopher cherished. In their place she hung portraits of Thomas Jefferson, General George Marshall and her mentor, the late Senator Edmund Muskie...
...together a comparative fact sheet... I want to share some of it with you: 'Bill Clinton added 1.5 million acres of land to our national parks. By his own admission, George Washington was personally responsible for the deforestation of cherry trees. Bill Clinton reduced crime on our streets; Thomas Jefferson's Vice President shot a guy! Bill Clinton has signed more nuclear disarmament than James Madison, Andrew Jackson, and James K. Polk combined...
...Connerly staunchly insists that he "will not run from the right to use Dr. King's words as I would use Lincoln or Jefferson or Kennedy. Our opponents haven't cornered the market on goodness, and they need to be challenged." He claims that despite his opposition to racial preferences, he believes in affirmative-action outreach programs and efforts to upgrade public schools in poor neighborhoods. "What I want to do is refashion the concept of affirmative action, grab on to those things that I think the American people will support." In short, Connerly believes affirmative action must be destroyed...